Could you take a point off Serena? Average men: “Well some of us will”

This thing about some men believing they could take a point off Serena in a tennis match: why would taking a single point be so hard? They’re not claiming they’d take a game are they, or even a set? We are just talking about one point, right?

What are the odds on Serena winning an individual point against an average pleb? 99%? I mean it’s almost certain, but she still makes mistakes. She sometimes hits the ball long or wide or into the net, or serves a double fault. These things happen.

So she can never be 100% sure of winning any one point, but obviously the odds are heavily in her favour. Let’s say she does have a 99% chance. A tennis match over two sets has to contain at least 48 points – a minimum 12 games (6 in each set) and four points per game.

So Serena has to win 48 consecutive points to w...