Mike Jakeman

The sheer drudgery of professional tennis

The most surprising thing about Conor Niland’s bruising account of his tennis career is that he emerges with his sanity intact

Conor Niland in a match against Adrian Mannarino at Wimbledon in 2011. [Getty Images]

  • The Racket: On Tour with Tennis’s Golden Generation and the Other 99 Per Cent

    Conor Niland

    Sandycove, pp. 320, £20

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