Rafa: My Story  By Rafael Nadal with John Carlin  Rafa: My Story
Rafael Nadal with John Carlin Sphere, 272pp, £17.99  Golden ages
are usually tricks of history, myths born of nostalgia. In the
case of men's tennis, the golden age is very real and it is
happening now. Just when you think that the sport can't get any
better - that human beings cannot strike and retrieve tennis
balls with any greater skill and athleticism - another
tournament sets the bar even higher. The rivalry between Rafael
Nadal and Roger Federer was breathtaking; now Novak Djokovic
beats them both. Tennis is evolving at breakneck speed.  Here is
the surprising twist: 25 years ago, it was assumed that John
McEnroe-style outbursts would become the norm. The opposite has
happened. Federer and Nadal have proved champions in every sense
of the word - gracious, articulate and respectful. Rafa: My
Story, John Carlin's rendering of Nadal's autobiography, is not
just a study of one champion; it examines the rivalries that
have made men's tennis the