Seven years ago, Shamil Tarpishchev’s first book was published, which was called “The Longest Match”. It ended with the words "We are doomed to success". The great tennis coach turned out to be a great visionary - success came, and what a success! Over the following years, under the leadership of Tarpishchev, the men's and women's tennis teams of Russia won the Davis Cup and the Federation Cup several times - the main world tournaments . Today, representatives of tennis Russia are the favorites in competitions of any rank, from youth championships to Grand Slam tournaments. This unprecedented leap in the history of sports is directly connected in the world with the name of Shamil Tarpischev, the “king of tennis”, according to the President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge. About the most interesting events of the latest Russian tennis history - a new book by Shamil Tarpishchev, written by him for his 60th anniversary