Insightful, witty and well-timed ... The author...is too irreverent to lapse into any sort of idolatry. He punctuates his account with more than a few sharp volleys ... Mr. Nathan introduces the new era with deft cameos from the old guard ... Even for tennis addicts, Changeover is full of unremarked-upon verities.
Changeover is the inverse of a glossy documentary, and it is ultimately more rewarding than one ... With his critic’s eye and powers of description, Nathan delivers loads of insight without the benefit of access ... In diagramming their play, Nathan conjures his own vivid imagery ...
Even prose this clarifying can’t quite convey the feeling of watching Alcaraz and Sinner glide and pummel their way around the court.
Nathan is at his best when distilling players down to their characteristic moments, choices, flourishes ... Large swaths of Changeover recount the action of specific matches that many fans have probably already watched—these aren’t the book’s draw ... Nathan excels as a kind of insider-outsider who’s tracking not just the matches but how the narratives around them take shape ... He is resourceful and endlessly curious about what lies behind the media-trained superstar.
