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Christopher Clarey

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Christopher Clarey is an American sports journalist and author who mostly writes about tennis. He reported for The New York Times from 1991 to 2023. His biography of Roger Federer, The Master, was published in 2021 and was a New York Times bestseller.
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The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer

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The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer is a New York Times bestselling biography by Christopher Clarey, a tennis correspondent for the New York Times, drawing on more than two decades of interviews with Federer, his support team, and rivals including Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Roddick. It stands as the most access-rich biography of Federer yet published, and that access is its defining strength. This review is based on published sources and the book's documented contents, not hands-on reading.

Reviewed Oct 20, 2026

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