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Gut, Gut, and a Man from Lyon

Gut, Gut, and a Man from Lyon

Christian Bittencourt

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Christian Bittencourt
Año de edición:
2026
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Memorias
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9798235377486
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Most people believe tennis strings were once made from cat gut. They weren’t, and they never were. This short history traces the real story: how a craftsman in Lyon, asked by an Englishman in 1875 to solve a problem nobody else could, created the string that gave modern tennis its power and feel. Written by a lifelong player - from junior courts on the Guarapiranga Reservoir to a runner-up finish at UCL in London and running the tennis department at YCAC in Yokohama - this is a researched account built entirely on public sources, with no connection to Babolat.Muita gente acredita que as cordas de tênis já foram feitas de tripa de gato. Na verdade, nunca foram. Este breve relato conta a história real: como um artesão de Lyon - a pedido de um inglês, em 1875, para resolver um problema que ninguém mais conseguia solucionar - criou a corda que conferiu ao tênis moderno sua potência e sensibilidade. Escrito por um jogador de longa data - com trajetória que vai das quadras juvenis na Represa de Guarapiranga até o vice-campeonato na UCL, em Londres, e a gestão do departamento de tênis do YCAC, em Yokohama -, este texto é fruto de uma pesquisa baseada inteiramente em fontes públicas, sem qualquer vínculo com a Babolat.

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