网球选手莫瑞与另外三位选手Federer、Nadal以及Djokovic之间的较量被誉为是网球史上的黄金年代，他们四人被称为“网坛四巨头”。他至今最高记录是世界排名第二（2009年），现今排名是世界第三名。而他背后的推手是谁？就是Ivan Lendl。
 
2014年3月：莫瑞对外宣布即将和Ivan Lendl结束合作，全世界的网球迷都被震惊。Lendl在两年之间将莫瑞从一位总是排名第二、第三的网球选手训练成英国自从Fred Perry之后最成功的网球冠军。他在Ivan  Lendl的训练下获得美国公开赛冠军、奥运金牌以及温布尔登冠军。莫瑞在2011年宣布即将跟Lendl合作的时候，大众都充满了怀疑——这是一个大冒险。Lendl曾经在冷战最高峰的时候逃离了铁幕来到美国，只为了追逐他的网球梦。他的同期选手——McEnroe、Becker、Connor——跟他是完全不一样类型选手。Lendl在前期的挫败之后接下来获得8次Grand Slam（澳洲公开赛冠军、法国公开赛冠军、温布尔登冠军以及美国公开赛冠军），成为世界冠军。
 
Lendl以及莫瑞之间是有什么科学、什么默契，其他人是看不到的？Lendl到底是如何把莫瑞训练成冠军，成为77年来第一位获得温布尔登冠军的英国选手？我们必须回到Lendl的过去，透过许多访问以及分析，来了解这个人。 他在书中解释了Lendl-莫瑞两人之间的关系，以及他们为什么最后会决定结束合作。
 
关于作者：
Mark Hodgkinson是thetennisspace.com的创办人以及编辑。他曾经是英国Daily Telegraph的网球记者。他写过Andy Murray, Wimbledon Champion。
 
好评：
'Hodgkinson, with access to those closest to Murray as well as former players including Mats Wilander, Michael Chang and Pat Cash, gives an amazing insight into their relationship. Equally as fascinating as the 18 months leading up to Murray’s Wimbledon victory is Lendl’s life story both on and off the court. 
Much of the book is devoted to telling Lendl’s tale and his life growing up behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia. Hodgkinson looks at why Lendl was a ‘monitored person’ by the StB – Czechoslovakia’s equivalent of the Soviet KGB – and how his mother, Olga Lendlova, a determined woman much like Judy Murray, would shape his approach to tennis and to life. Although he would not go on to win Wimbledon himself, the Czech would spend 220 weeks as world No.1, win eight Grand Slams and 22 Championship Series titles.'
(Tennishead Magazine)



'Whatever happened between the two men, their relationship produced the required magic. In his fourth Grand Slam final, at Wimbledon in 2012, Murray fought like a lion before succumbing to Federer. Two months later, on the same court, he won the Olympic Gold Medal. In the autumn, he became the US Open champion. And, of course, he won Wimbledon last year, becoming the first British man in 77 years to claim the title. According to Hodgkinson, Murray’s win “enabled Lendl to attain what had always been out of his reach during his first tennis life: popularity with the British public” '
(Sunday Times)



‘In his excellent and engrossing book, Hodgkinson sets about tackling the misconceptions and myths surrounding the man, who would eventually win eight Grand Slam singles titles, and as the title suggests, help Andy Murray to realise his ambitions.’
(That1980sSportsBlog)