{"id":4639,"date":"2015-07-25T19:12:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T19:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.playyourcourt.com\/?p=4639"},"modified":"2016-10-27T23:40:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T23:40:51","slug":"what-you-may-have-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/what-you-may-have-missed\/","title":{"rendered":"Mardy Fish Set to Retire After US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mardy Fish to Retire After US Open<\/h2>\n

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Long time American #1 Mardy Fish just announced on Twitter that this year’s US Open will be his last professional tennis tournament. We will miss you, Mardy, thanks for the memories!<\/p>\n

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My schedule this summer will be Atlanta, Cincinnati, and I will finish my career at the US Open. #lastride<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mardy Fish (@MardyFish) July 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Even Pretending To Be A Professional Tennis Player Is Terrifying<\/h2>\n

“Based on my experience covering tennis, professional players usually remember to bring their tennis shoes to the court. On a June Thursday, as I walked into Courbevoie Sport Tennis outside of Paris, I realized I hadn\u2019t.”
\nThis article on fivethirtyeight.com depicted Mojjo software, a camera that follows your match and records statistics. It’s definitely new software, as it still has its fair share of kinks and issues.
\n“I decided to check the stats for myself. I used a system developed by Jeff Sackmann for his Match Charting Project, which has enlisted volunteers to chart nearly 1,000 pro matches. During my Eurostar trip from Paris back home to London, I alt-tabbed between the video and the spreadsheet to log every shot \u2014 its type, direction and outcome.1 Then I compared the results with Mojjo\u2019s. They were off, in some cases by a lot.”<\/p>\n

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