The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis by Matthew Futterman.
In the wake of this year’s Wimbledon and ahead of the US Open, this timely book from The Athletic’s Matthew Futterman details the unique psychological toll that professional tennis can take — particularly on its greatest stars.
Filled with biographies of icons from Björn Borg to Serena Williams to Jannik Sinner, Futterman delivers “superb reporting on the mental and physical cauldron of professional tennis,” Kirkus Reviews wrote, never shying away from “the sport’s punishing realities.” Buy The Cruelest Game from your local bookstore.