Chapter 10    Matchups

This is a favorite topic of mine, and it is hugely important. Consider this: If you were a tennis player of average amateur ability (as I am), and you were asked to play as a doubles partner with one of the world’s best professional players, what chance is there that: a) you would beat any good team? b) you would find the experience enjoyable or beneficial? c) the hotshot would invite you to play another match with him ever?

The answer is obvious, right? There is such a mismatch in this improbable scenario that no possible good could come of such a combination. By contrast, incidentally, for the past several years the men’s ...

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