Wimbledon ‘Stat Pack’ help explain the point


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  • Friday, 13 Jul 2018

Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 11, 2018 Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro in action during his quarter final match against Spain's Rafael Nadal REUTERS/Tony O'Brien TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

LONDON: In subterranean bunkers at the All England Club, statisticians are churning out millions of data nuggets during the Wimbledon championships, gobbled up by tennis nerds, players – and, increasingly, everyday fans. 

Every single shot at the tournament is logged by US technology giants IBM, capturing 4.8 million bits of information – more statistics than they know what to do with. 

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