Tennis – The Twitter Connection [Infographic]

Following on with the recent theme of tennis now that Wimbledon has got well underway.  We’ve been seeing some unbelievable matches so far with some of the biggest names crashing out in rounds 1 and 2.

Who would have thought that Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Maria Sharapova would all be watching week 2 of the spectacle on their TV’s back home?!  But that is what both they and we are faced with.  Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic will now be overwhelming favourites in the men’s draw and Serena Williams in the Women’s.

The chat so far on Twitter has certainly been all about those who have not done so well.  Over on the ESPN Courtcast [client] we have been monitoring the buzz on Twitter and unsurprisingly it is all about Federer, Nadal, Sharapova and Nadal’s conquerer Steve Darcis (who unfortunately had to pull out ahead of his 2nd round match yesterday).  It is updated in real-time so head over to get your tennis stats fill each day!

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With so many more matches to go – we’re only into day 4 remember – there are bound to be more shocks on the cards.  It’s always interesting as well to take a look at which of the top players and on Twitter and, even more interestingly, how this relates to their real world.  By this I mean off-court earnings and how they are utilising their digital presence.  Does it have an impact?  Are they making the most of them? and are their sponsors interested?

Our friends at Unibet have been hard at work and put together this infographic that compares the top men’s players and digs a little deeper into the details.  It’s interesting to see the correlation between digital presence and earnings, or lack of one, but this may be because the likes of Federer has built up such a great brand before social media became the ‘must have’ for sportsmen. It may also be a lack of understanding in some part into how to turn these followings into cash, something many in sport are trying to figure out still.

 

Tennis - The Twitter Connection

Tennis – The Twitter Connection [Infographic] by the team at UniBet

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