One of America's rising tennis stars describes how his career was jeopardized by a freak accident on the court that broke his back; how his recovery was threatened by the loss of his father to cancer and to the illness, caused by the Herpes zoster virus, that paralyzed half of his face; and the determination and parental wisdom that led him to persevere. Reprint. 30,000 first printing. Tells the story of the tumultuous year that followed a convergence of tragedies in tennis player, James Blake's life. This book examines the frustrating heartbreak that followed him from hard-fought qualifiers to match point on the US Open's center court.
