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Great write-up, Matthew, thanks. Any stats on the rpm's on Djokovic's fh in this match vs his historical numbers?

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Edit: Want to add that Tsitsipas has won forehand to forehand patterns against Djokovic in their past matches (in part because it reduces likelihood of initiating backhand exchanges). But for a variety of reasons today's match unfolded a bit differently, especially when it came to which Djokovic side (forehand or backhand) produced more winning patterns for Tsitsipas when aiming into for the first few shots of each point. This analysis isn't claiming that Djokovic's backhand is suddenly the place to aim (although it sometimes is for some matchups on clay), just that today it worked out that way and why.

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