Game, Set And Match To AI

Now, I love tennis. I'm not a great player, but settling down to watch a five set thriller at a Grand Slam is my idea of time well spent.

I'm very much from the era of 'The Big Three' - Federer, Nadal and Djokovic in no particular order - and I've thoroughly enjoyed watching these titans of the sport slog it out over the years. (Perhaps with my Scottish roots that should be 'The Big Four', but I'll save that debate for another time.)

So it was with somewhat mixed views that I read about the intrusion of AI into the sport of tennis. As reported: