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Tennis instructor and analyst John Yandell has found that, on average, a 120-mph serve slows to 82 mph before the bounce, then to 65 mph after the bounce, and finally to 55 mph at the opponent's ...
His tennis is so explosive, fluent and unpredictable when a rally starts that it can go unnoticed when he ends up playing ...
Obviously, there is a lot of variation among the serves of the top 100 singles players in men’s tennis, but the important patterns may surprise you. Let’s start with the least significant ...
Some of the best tennis players have incredibly fast serve speeds. The fastest official serve is 157 MPH, but could it be even faster? WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez looks into the science and skill of ...
A maths professor has created an equation that he claims is key to the 'perfect' tennis serve - a fast, flat serve that hits the same spot every time, but with unpredictable top spin. Dr Nick ...
My first thought was to somehow model a tennis serve. But wait! What if I just look at the records. Fortunately, wikipedia has this data - Fastest recorded tennis serves. The only thing missing is ...