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Writing about sports is an art—complete with its own conventions and clichés. At its best, it can sound like this: “Clay is to [Rafael] Nadal what water is to Michael Phelps or midair is to Simone ...

That’s a passage from Christopher Clarey’s “The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay.” It’s a scintillating account of the elastic Spaniard’s epic run to the pinnacle of men’s professional ...