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The Thought Show: Calling the Shots at Wimbledon

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Calling the Shots at Wimbledon

20/07/2017 GMT

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Calling the shots at Wimbledon; China’s video crackdown; and choosing to be childless.

We discover how every shot at the Wimbledon tennis championships is counted, analysed  and makes its way to our phones, desktops and TV screens. How useful is this information for  players and their coaches? The statistics prove and disprove some of the received wisdom of the game.

New Chinese regulations have resulted in a crackdown on online videos.  Chinese censors have banned around 84 categories of material including prostitution, drug addiction, and extra marital affairs, and the classification of homosexuality as an 'abnormal' sexual activity has caused anger online.

What drives women – and men – to choose to be childless, especially as they often face suspicion, abuse even, for being selfish or materialistic.  Women, in particular, who decide not to have children can experience the full force of this near-universal stigma. Mary-Ann Ochota reports.

(image: Venus Williams plays a backhand during the Ladies Singles at Wimbledon. Credit: Getty Images)

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