- The men’s singles event at Wimbledon is a knockout tournament with 128 players. Without doing any arithmetic - i.e adding up the number of matches in every round - can you work out how many matches are there in total?
- What is the minimum number of times you need to hit the ball with your racket in order to win a set?
- Goode, who is a good tennis player, and Poor, who isn’t, will take turns as your opponent over three sets of tennis. The order for sets 1-2-3 will be either Goode-Poor-Goode, or Poor-Goode-Poor? Which order of opponent do you choose to maximise your chances of winning two sets in a row?