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The unforced error is a backbone of tennis statistical analysis, but how fair of an assessment is it?
Published Dec 19, 2022
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Coaches and tennis analysts alike agree: No tennis player misses a shot in a vacuum.
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The unforced nature is, at its core, highly subjective, and therefore, it's a limited tool for tennis analysis.
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Casper Ruud made 29 unforced errors in the US Open men's final.
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