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Photos: The tech secrets behind Wimbledon

Following the tennis action from the court to the web and PDAs

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By Steve Ranger

Published: 3 July 2006 14:20 BST

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IBM provides the technology infrastructure for the championships. The data from the keypads is sent back to the IBM control centre at Wimbledon, where racks of ThinkPads - two for each show court - take that data and turn it into useful statistics which can be used by commentators and other systems. After matches, players on Centre and Number 1 courts are also provided with a detailed analysis of their performance using this data.

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