Friday, 31 December 2010

Ace Puzzle


Courtesy of "Betting The Odds - The Hidden Mathematics Of Sport" by Rob Eastway and John Haigh, comes this little puzzle - a doddle for sharp-minded readers I'm sure.
You are at home with the TV in the background and the sound turned down. You notice that Andy Roddick is in the middle of a match with Andy Murray and Roddick is serving. He serves an ace, and goes on to serve five more consecutive aces.

 At this point you turn the sound up, to hear that Murray currently leads the match. What is the match score at this point - in sets and games?
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3 comments:

  1. Dan2 January 2011 at 10:12

    Murray is a set up, 6-6 second set, Roddick leads 2-0 on the tie break

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  2. Cassini2 January 2011 at 20:13

    Nope...the tie break serve changes after the first point.

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  3. Mark James2 January 2011 at 22:39

    Muzza a set up (assuming 3 set match,), 6-6 second set but 1 down in tie break? You started watching at 0-1/6-6/0-40?

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