Andy Murray also switched to a gluten free plan for a while but it left him feeling the opposite; weak and low on energy. I meant to reread ‘Susan Pulls The Strings’ but I couldn’t find my copy (it’s probably in the house, but I can’t be bothered to remove all the furniture I’d need to to find it. I feel like I'm rambling now so I'll end with this: I definitely recommend this book if you're feeling like your life is a little "blah".

Most tennis professionals struggle against greats like Nadal and Federer on their favourite surfaces — clay and grass. But now that she enters by right, looking closer to nine than 11, she’s going walking into the domain of the big kids. Less flippantly, Sam’s difficulties raise the question of whether a large comp that has to serve all kinds is the best place for a more able and talented pupil, in the jargon, and a child bursting with potential. Allan has a lot of fun critiquing some of the codes of conduct of the boarding school stories that Sam devours along with books about local history and of poetry.

While reading the book, I realised Djokovic uses the wisdom and mental training methods mentioned in the book for his on-court performance. Very pleasant and interesting reading with a good balance among the different elements: the expressive pictures, the storytelling of the tournaments, the match statistics, the interviews, etc. The tennis pro was skeptical of classical medicine from an early age, which will pose major problems for him in the course of his career.

The book has a few brief chapters on his upbringing in a war-torn Serbia and how he started playing tennis but like the title says, it is mostly about nutrition and the positive effects this eating plan has had on his life and career.

Yet, Sam has a good brain, good intentions and when given a chance, proves that she isn’t a minnow or a non-entity. First of all, I like Nole and I'm a constant follower of his game for the past couple years already.