Federer triumphed for the ninth time at his home tourney of Basel and Nishikori lost another final, this one to Anderson at Vienna. Wimbledon introduced a new rule regarding a tiebreaker in the 5th set. How many matches will it affect? What do we have to look forward towards the end of another exhilarating tennis season? And the quest for year end world No. 1 continues…
Theme music brought to by: Kevin MacLeod. With excerpts from his song, “Cool Rock”.
Novak Djokovic triumphed at the US Open. Is he back to his top form that he exhibited in 2015-2016? What about the young up and coming Next Gen players? What was the match of the 2018 US Open? Listen to the episode to find out.
Dr. Kovalchik obtained her PhD in statistics from UCLA and now works at Tennis Australia as a data scientist immersed in tennis. We talk about her findings including applying the Pythagorean win theorem to tennis, pressure ratings, and many other cutting-edge analytics that can help us better understand the modern game of tennis. Two rounds into the US Open she even gives her group’s picks for the men and women’s singles champions…
