By beating perhaps the greatest player of all time on his favorite surface in the Wimbledon final on Sunday, Novak Djokovic didn’t just retake the No. 1 ranking. He also surpassed his coach and his opponent’s coach by winning his seventh career Grand Slam title. Roger Federer — whom Djokovic beat in a thrilling five-set […]
Statkeepers at Wimbledon have a reputation for generosity. Often what looks like a player’s bad mistake appears to the tennis tournament’s official match-trackers to be the result of great play by the opponent. After tracking one of this year’s men’s semifinals on Friday, and looking at other independent match scoring, I think the reputation is deserved. I watched […]
Statkeepers at Wimbledon have a reputation for generosity. Often what looks like a player’s bad mistake appears to the tennis tournament’s official match-trackers to be the result of great play by the opponent. After tracking one of this year’s men’s semifinals on Friday, and looking at other independent match scoring, I think the reputation is deserved. I watched […]
Don’t let the Wimbledon headlines touting rising young stars fool you: More than ever, tennis is a sport for the old. Old is relative in tennis, which has a long history of teenage champions. But in the past five years, the average age of players in both the men’s and women’s Grand Slam singles tournaments […]
Don’t let the Wimbledon headlines touting rising young stars fool you: More than ever, tennis is a sport for the old. Old is relative in tennis, which has a long history of teenage champions. But in the past five years, the average age of players in both the men’s and women’s Grand Slam singles tournaments has risen […]
