Tonight I logged every point of the second-round match between Daniela Hantuchova and Vicky Duval. It didn’t end up being very close, but Duval showed off some of the baseline skills that got her into the second round, while Hantuchova displayed the powerful serving and speed that kept her in the top 30 for so long.
Here is the complete breakdown. Tonight, we have both serves and returns.
Over the next few days, I’m hoping to come up with similar breakdowns for rally endings, shot types, and just about all the other numbers you can imagine crunching when you’ve charted every shot of a tennis match. Stay tuned. Maybe I’ll even try to make the presentation a little easier on the eyes. (But don’t bet on it.)
Jeff – glad to see you on a roll – what you’re doing makes so much more sense than anything else. I liked the breakdowns in Fed’s last match: points won in <3 shots after serve. Also the note as to whether returns made it past the service line – not sure that whether a return is sliced or not makes a difference, as it depends on the opponent, the depth.
Re: linkifier
I had a little problem with it last night – I just needed to restart my machine and I will when I'm home later, but a couple of times in a row I copied the html into it and submitted only to have it close and disappear entirely.
I'll get back to you later.
R
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