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the evolution of the grass at Wimbledon due to racket technology (lemmy.world)
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Today's players finish their points from way back

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[–] dandi8@fedia.io 57 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Looks like 1970 would've been more interesting to watch.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

Yeah. Lots of sports regulate what kind of equipment is allowed. Maybe professional tennis should impose restrictions on rackets to encourage more varied play.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 18 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

1970 = Mario Tennis

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

Which is a lot more interesting than baseline-to-baseline tennis.

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

That was my first thought ... would be interesting to see what current day athletes could do with old wooden rackets, was my second