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The weird scoring system used in tennis makes the game more exciting by boosting the chances of the underdog winning, a mathematical analysis shows.
鈥淭he result is not unexpected,鈥 says Chris Hope of the University in Cambridge. 鈥淏ut as far as I know no one has quantified it.鈥
In most sports, what matters is the total number of goals, runs or points. But in tennis 鈥 where players compete for games and sets 鈥 some points are more equal than others.
In fact, found that in 5 per cent of pro tennis matches,…
