Powerful serves, sharply angled shots, soaring lobs, sneaky drop shots, lengthy baseline rallies, unforced errors, and disputed points are all elements of professional tennis matches.
Intriguingly, mathematical models tend to show that the chances of winning a game, set, or match in tennis come down to the probability that a player wins a rally when he or she serves.
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