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Why “Points Won on First Serve” is a Worthless Stat, Especially for Junior Players “Points won on 1st serve” is supposed to be a measure of 1st serve effectiveness. It’s not officially labeled that way, but that is precisely what it’s supposed to represent. The more points you win when your first serve goes in, … Read more
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There’s a lot of talk about how much of tennis is short rallies. So, what importance do we put on practicing long rally patterns? Lots, and here are two reasons why.
TV tennis stats have always been heavily focused on the end of a point. Player 1 hit this many forehand winners and this many forehand errors. They generally don’t mention the
The simple answer is that 135 represents the first 3 shots played by the server in a rally. It’s the most common sequence of shots in both