opening shot

The opening shot is an area which she has particularly tried to develop into a weapon over recent months.

A first-service percentage of below 50% across the opening three sets led to 16 double faults, before Fearnley cleaned up his opening shot in the fourth to help get over the line.

After hitting 16 double faults in her Cincinnati quarter-final exit, she parted with Matt Daly - a coach who focused on her opening shot - and brought in Aryna Sabalenka's former serve guru Gavin MacMillan.

According to CricViz, Brook's outrageous opening shot was just the 11th time in the history of T20/100-ball cricket where a batter has scooped their first ball of the innings for six.

Alcaraz has tinkered with his opening shot this season and that may have been a contributing factor to a first-serve percentage below 50% which allowed Fognini to constantly apply pressure.