{"product_id":"9781910232958","title":"Tennis's Strangest Matches : Extraordinary but True Stories from Over Five Centuries of Tennis by Peter Seddon","description":"In this hugely entertaining collection of stories taken from over a hundred years of world tennis history, award-winning sports historian Peter Seddon has gathered together the most extraordinary events ever to occur on a tennis court.             They include the Wimbledon final between the tea-drinking vicar and a convicted murderer, and the `Match of the Century' between the `Women's Libber' and the `Male Chauvinist Pig'. There are matches played on board ship and on the wings of an airborne plane, a game played in full regimental dress, and meet the player who rated himself so highly he played an entire match while carrying someone `piggy-back'. The stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most importantly, true.             Revised, redesigned and updated for a new generation of tennis fanatics, this book is a unique look at the curiosities of an endlessly popular sport, revealing the `strawberries and cream' game as you've never seen it before.             Word count: 45,000\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56313129730421,"sku":"9781910232958","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781910232958.jpg?v=1762825534","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781910232958","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}