Summary
- Story told of Ashe vs. Graebner during their US Open semi-final with some of their background and thoughts intertwined
Key Takeaways
- “A person’s tennis game begins with his nature and background and comes out through his motor mechanisms into shot patterns and characteristics of play. If he is deliberate, he is a deliberate tennis player; and if he is flamboyant, his game is too.”
- You have to care about anything you do, you come to appreciate excellence for excellence’s sake
What I got out of it
- Interesting story about Ashe and Graebner which helps the reader gain some more insight about these two players and the differences from their childhood, beliefs and tennis games
