A baseliner can win on these surfaces, but they tend to favor a big server.

"It happens sometimes against a big server," said Pioline, who never earned a single break chance.

"We had to get a bigger server to accommodate more listeners."

Any time a big server has problems, they lose customers.

Users are finding ways to turn one big server into several small ones, saving on both hardware and maintenance.

I mean, you obviously have your big servers - they lost early on at Wimbledon.

"He puts pressure on you with his serve and that's what big servers do," Fish said.

The big server had the edge; it was hard to defend.

The 23-year-old Glaswegian acknowledged that he was beaten by another big server.

And against the big servers, you need to buy time by being able to slice, chip or block your return.