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The elusive final set - are tennis finals always close run contests?

At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, the top two seeded players reached the final of the men`s singles competition, while two relative outsiders reached the final of the women`s. Many commentators predicted close, exciting finals and appeared surprised when both matches were decided in straight sets. Is this as unlikely as it first appeared? To answer this I examined the results from all Wimbledon singles finals to see what the statistics tell us.
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Bibliographic Details
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Notations:sport games
Published in:Significance
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://www.significancemagazine.org/details/webexclusive/5060011/The-elusive-final-set--are-tennis-finals-always-close-run-contests.html
Document types:article
Level:advanced