Matthew Willis
@mattracquet
Used to think about where tennis was going @theracquet. Now probably writing code instead
.@TheRacquet - The Modernisation Of Tennis 'Alarmism aside, is Mouratoglou’s wider point right or wrong? Is tennis in trouble? And if it is, how do we help it?' theracquet.substack.com/p/the-modernis…
Wimbledon Final BBC TV ratings for the last three years (men's and women's)
Change is taking longer than it should but this ‘quality’ of commentary will soon be looked back on with confusion that it was allowed to endure for so long. It’s such a bad window to our sport for so many new and would be fans
Going to do a one off serve/return analysis because there was so much interesting strategy today that won’t get covered on broadcast One of the reasons Djokovic calls Wimbledon his best late career tennis is that his amazing serve potency/accuracy hides some of his age related…
Through fewer than 4 sets De Minaur now holds the record for break points created on Djokovic's serve - 19 - (tied w Alcaraz from 2023) at Wimbledon. And he's broken Djokovic more times - 6 - than anyone not named Murray (7 in 2013), Federer (7 in 2019) in last 15 years at SW19
Through fewer than 4 sets De Minaur now holds the record for break points created on Djokovic's serve - 19 - (tied w Alcaraz from 2023) at Wimbledon. And he's broken Djokovic more times - 6 - than anyone not named Murray (7 in 2013), Federer (7 in 2019) in last 15 years at SW19
In Australia this year, Mpetshi Perricard was the first player on record to go through an entire 5-set match without generating a break point (in his loss to Monfils). He's just done it again in his loss to Fritz at Wimbledon.
This is late but I wanted to fact check (thx @tennis_insights) because it seemed so wild - Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard didn’t create a single break point in 5 sets vs Monfils yesterday. This is the 1st time a player has created 0 BP’s in a 5 set match since records began in 2009