alex fassone

Carlos Alcaraz is on course to finish the season having won a set in every single match he's played. Since 1997 this has only been achieved once, by Roger Federer in 2005. Remarkably 2005 was also a year in which Nadal lost only 1 match in straight sets, who was this loss to?

A great #RolandGarros final. The scoring system in tennis is so good. The dynamic finishing line adds so much drama.

VOLATILITY MASTERCLASS Alcaraz was down to just 2% odds after losing the first 2 sets. He won.

Super exciting to share the amazing work being done on the government's new GOV.UK App and Wallet This is part of the new tech being developed to cut down on time wasted dealing with government processes, so you can focus on the things that matter to you

Have created a TV viewing schedule for the Summer Olympics: - Includes a gold medal event in each of the 45 disciplines (in gold) - Runs from July 24 to August 11 - Includes as many of the major medal events as possible docs.google.com/document/d/1FL…

Tony and I met in 2017 on a cold January morning in Paris. I'd just finished a long tour with Foals and arrived slightly crumpled at the '70s studio he'd made his base in recent years.

@JomTones12 We @TwentyFirstGrp wrote about this a couple of years ago, definitely a big factor in the turnover of players at the latter stages of women’s slams. Also makes Serena’s 23 even more impressive! twentyfirstgroup.com/three-sets-mea…

Interesting that both Zverev and Medvedev would have lost in Round 2 were the mens side best of 3 (Medvedev in straight sets, Zverev in 3). Any complaints of inconsistency on the WTA side has to factor in the difference in formats. Would Swiatek or Rybakina be out in Bo5?

@wbartelski @DbAbsur This is because of the ggplot smoothing algorithm used to plot the distributions. It’s very annoying! As you say, an odd number of points from 19 onwards are impossible

@DbAbsur Z wykresu wynika że jest niezerowe prawdopodobieństwo m. In. Łącznej liczby zdobytych punktów=21. Jak to możliwe?

Trzydzieści razy bardziej prawdopodobne jest zwycięstwo 10-0 w tie-breaku, niż wynik 22-20, który padł w meczu Rybakiny z Blinkovą

Rybakina (5th favourite for the title pre tournament according to @TwentyFirstGrp model) crashed out of #AO24 in a 42 point deciding set tie-break. 42 or more points occurred in just 7 out of 100,000 simulations (0.007%). It was more likely that one of the players won 10-0 (0.2%)

Prizmic pushes Djokovic all the way, the 2nd longest 1st round match at a slam!

👀

Round 1 of #AO24 is underway and day 1 features a few of the @TwentyFirstGrp Ones to Watch index. Djokovic kicks off his campaign against 18 y/o #17 Dino Prizmic. #19, 16 y/o B. Fruhvirtova came through 3 tough qualifying matches and will play Bogdan on court 17

Make or break for my mum this year in the kitchen. Sister lowkey overtaking her this. Same energy:

@UniversTennis FREHDHSQISSHDHDJQ

US Open Draw Analysis: - American men have been big beneficiaries. Tiafoe, Paul, Korda & Fritz all rank in the top 6 - Korda, Sakkari & Rune all squandered favourable draws with 1st round losses - If Kvitova wins against Wozniacki her route is easier than expected #USOpen

John Isner retires with the 2nd highest serve rating in @TwentyFirstGrp tennis rating model's history. Behind only Ivo Karlovic in his ability to hold serve

Blockbuster day of tennis ahead - According to @TwentyFirstGrp tennis model Djokovic has a 48% of lifting the Wimbledon trophy, up slightly from a pre tournament expectation of 43% #Wimbledon

Vondrousova currently a set up in her #Wimbledon semi final. The @TwentyFirstGrp tennis model, which ranks her as the 4th best player in the world, gave her a pre-tournament probability of 3% of winning the championships (low due to being unseeded). She is currently at 35%.

The Human Highlight Reel strikes again 🎞️ 🤯 @carlosalcaraz | #Wimbledon

The hindrance-adjacent scream from Bublik to celebrate a shot that was returned is really what makes this point so incredible. #Wimbledon

Tsurenko & Bogdan played out the longest tie-break in women's Grand Slam history at 38 points. They have estimated probabilities of 57% & 52% to win a given point on serve on grass. From 50,000 simulated tie-breaks between the two only 19 went 38 points or longer! #Wimbledon