Is it easier to win at Wimbledon or winning at the Lottery Powerball?

The Championships: One of the four major tennis tournaments around the globe.

Other news 06 Sep 2014 - 02:50 / by Federico Coppini / reads 21.Source:

The Championships: One of the four major tennis tournaments around the globe. The grass in England has more tradition than anywhere else. You could argue that US Open has brilliant completion in hard court. You can say that the clay court of Roland Garros makes the game more romantic. But there´s nothing like the bouncing tennis ball at Wimbledon grass courts. Wimbledon is the oldest tennis championship in the world. It´s also considered the most prestigious due to that and other relevant factors. It was created in 1877, when the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club organized the first tournament in tennis history. It had 22 players. In 1879, the tournament started with doubles and in 1884, women started competing. Nowadays, in 2014, the winner (both man and woman on singles) takes around one million pounds (around 1.6 million dollars) home. But what are the odds to win it all? We´re not talking about the odds of Novak Djokovic win it - because it´s around 2 to 1. If you pick an underdog to win at The Championships - let´s try Pablo Andrujar, for instance - the odds are 1 in 500 in most bookers. The Powerball Lottery winning odds for the jackpot prize is 1:175,223,509. By conclusion: yes, the odds of an underdog to win at Wimbledon are much smaller than winning at the English lottery.

That is what makes tennis a beautiful sport. The example of Gustavo Kuerten at Roland Garros in 1997, when an unknown came from nowhere to be champion, can happen anytime. Tennis is an individual sport. If a given player trains hard enough, he can beat other players, because it only depends on himself - nobody else. You have three sets to give your best in those white classic uniforms at The Championships. May the odds be in your favor.

The expression 'to endure the rally' is about those indeterminate moments of a rally where none of the players is leading.

The ability to endure the rally is fundamental when you play a 'long rally', because it offers you the chance to measure your opponent's strong points and vulnerabilities, besides letting you position as best as possible for your next offensive shot.

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