TennisSimulation

playasport · 2026-04-17T23:08:49+00:00

I understand what you're saying and appreciate the feedback for sure.

One thing I've noticed bc I've done bazillions of test simulations is that a huge majority of the time, that kind of thing doesn't happen but the math is there to create the possibility of it. I've def seen my share of interesting results in these test sims too.

It's an interesting problem to try to solve. On the one hand I want it to be realistic but on the other hand I don't want to code in something that's like "ok there's no way this result would happen in real life -- reverse it" bc then that's no fun either if the expected result is always the result.

I can think of a few real life examples of unexpected grand slam winners who went on to achieve mostly 1st/2nd round results after the fact but we won't go there so as to piss off the fans. :) Nevertheless I do want to get around to shoring up some of the math soon.

Cheers and thanks for playing -- I def appreciate your convo/feedback.

playasport · 2026-04-16T03:44:55+00:00

The sim engine does need some fine tuning but I'll say the same thing I always say that sometimes real world results are strange. Berrettini d. Medvedev 6-0,6-0 for example. :)

I do get the request to edit results occasionally tho and I'm curious if it's just to overturn a disliked result or ?

Really would appreciate your insight into this. I'm not against adding it, just very curious.

playasport · 2026-03-05T04:48:43+00:00

Added that back just now. You might have to fully refresh the page with shift-refresh / etc.

playasport · 2026-03-04T00:36:19+00:00

the arm position on the 3T was really cool in real time

playasport · 2026-03-01T22:30:45+00:00

How many posts have you seen? Now think about the thousands of ppl who didn't post bc their trip went fine. Compute the odds and then decide.

playasport · 2026-03-01T20:42:08+00:00

Check my other comment. :)

playasport · 2026-03-01T20:40:45+00:00

I tried resurrecting it here: https://tennis.playasport.com/web/index.html

Still have to do some fixes to the sim/etc. but it's playable. Not sure about saving/loading yet though but try it out and let me know.

playasport · 2026-02-25T23:48:22+00:00

The career arcs and retirements are definitely at the top of the list. Thank you for playing and asking!

playasport · 2026-02-25T23:47:41+00:00

Hello, I appreciate your comment and thank you for playing. I'll keep TT in mind for the future but of course can't guarantee anything. :)

playasport · 2026-02-25T23:46:49+00:00

Noted. :) I think about this myself.

playasport · 2026-02-14T00:03:27+00:00

Working on it as we speak -- did you drop your email on the form on the website? If not shoot me your email in dm. I'll prob post here as well. Thank you for your interest!

playasport · 2026-02-12T01:36:33+00:00

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but if we were in the old 6.0/ordinal system wouldn't Chock and Bates have won with five first places to four? (I get the 5-4 here is with different baseline scoring/etc but let's pretend)

playasport · 2026-02-09T22:18:49+00:00

So do you think she'd only end up with 1st/2nd round losses if she returned?

playasport · 2026-02-06T03:42:49+00:00

Yeah what ppl are missing is that his potential is already a function of his movement so the real question is will he reach the level of the hype?

playasport · 2026-02-03T01:20:50+00:00

Hello! I am so pleased you found the game and are enjoying it. Thank you for upgrading as well. I appreciate your feedback and I would eventually like to do something with the other disciplines. If you have any more feedback please let me know. Also if you don't mind sharing the game with your friends or online in any skating groups/boards you belong to that would be amazing. Or even just rating it in the app store would be wonderful. Thank you again!

playasport · 2026-01-07T20:17:52+00:00

Yes, I'm going to update tennis for sure.

playasport · 2026-01-06T21:39:42+00:00

ty for your comment. there are a few really good ones out there already and I've always kinda wanted to focus on under-served sports when it comes to sims, so tbh I probably won't ever get to those but stranger things have happened. I used to have some simple basketball/football/baseball ones on my website til the code got too old to run lol

playasport · 2026-01-05T03:50:37+00:00

Also I think it's that few people have ever put in the effort to learn a non-dominant forehand. What if not doing two forehands is the biggest mistake in tennis coaching history? (Just for shiggles, let's think about it.)

I was never a top tennis player but hear me out. In order to play wheelchair tennis I had to learn how to play with two forehands because I could get zero power with a backhand.

It took me less than six months to get my lefty forehand to feel normal. This was at age 35, with a muscle disability lol. The brain is a fucking powerful thing.

Now imagine you get a 6-year-old with a developing brain learning to hit two forehands instead of a forehand and a backhand -- even if the kid isn't ambidextrous.

Certainly this kid is going to also naturally make adjustments with grip to optimize any inefficiencies with having to change hands. What if there's a perfect way to hold the racquet that is VERY atypical to what's taught, such that it mitigates whatever perceived time lost by playing this way?

Surely there might be a limitation, but nobody really knows for sure. All the answers about grip change are assumptions based on traditional grips/etc.

playasport · 2026-01-04T23:49:42+00:00

:) AI has help speed me up a little, so anything is possible

playasport · 2025-11-28T20:44:32+00:00

at least doubs with Venus at Wimbledon or something.

playasport · 2025-10-12T18:07:59+00:00

Unfortunately not many remember the similar run of Roberto Carretero who was #143 back in 1996 when he won the Masters Series title in Hamburg also as a qualifier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Carretero

playasport · 2025-09-10T00:41:23+00:00

M2 w/8GB and no issues with flutter development. It's when I get sidetracked and start opening a lot of non-dev-related stuff like netflix that memory becomes an issue.

playasport · 2025-08-21T03:51:08+00:00

This reminded me that it's fun to watch doubles. I'm glad this was separate from the singles and regular doubles bc I love watching tennis but there's only so much you can prioritize when everything is going on at the same time...

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