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Wimbledon 2026 opened with a 148 mph serve—here’s how tennis players brains track such fast balls
Tennis players can return high-speed balls using a combination of reaction and predicting the future
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I faced a 143mph Wimbledon serve from Jannik Sinner, says LETTICE BROMOVSKY: It was just as nerve-wracking as you'd think
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