Table 2.

Mean and median rally length in each match of the two competitions analysed.

	Women			Men
	n	M (SD)	Mdn [IQI]	n	M (SD)	Mdn [IQI]
Rally length (s) with pseudo-rallies
Quarter-final 1	203	7.03 (6.13)	4.83 [3.70, 9.30]	210	5.99 (5.06)	4.50 [3.40, 8.07]
Quarter-final 2	205	7.06 (6.79)	4.73 [3.57, 8.80]	211	6.32 (5.35)	4.40 [3.36, 8.36]
Semi-final 1	132	7.97 (6.20)	5.32 [4.06, 10.40]	207	5.51 (4.52)	4.28 [3.16, 7.32]
Semi-final 2	111	7.09 (5.62)	4.87 [3.87, 9.37]	117	5.68 (4.99)	4.28 [2.38, 7.70]
Final	111	8.72 (7.12)	7.47 [4.27, 11.90]	207	5.22 (4.42)	4.12 [2.84, 6.80]
Rally length (s) without pseudo-rallies
Quarter-final 1	171	8.16 (6.04)	5.47 [4.33, 10.93]	171	7.17 (4.89)	4.88 [4.00, 8.76]
Quarter-final 2	168	8.41 (6.79)	5.23 [4.30, 10.66]	181	7.25 (5.23)	4.72 [3.88, 9.10]
Semi-final 1	118	8.80 (6.03)	6.17 [4.39, 11.37]	168	6.59 (4.35)	4.70 [3.92, 8.10]
Semi-final 2	97	7.96 (5.47)	5.23 [4.17, 10.28]	92	7.01 (4.84)	5.16 [3.85, 8.59]
Final	97	9.85 (6.92)	8.17 [5.00, 12.48]	161	6.50 (4.22)	4.60 [3.96, 7.86]

s = seconds; n = number of rallies; M = mean; SD = standard deviation; Mdn = median; IQI = interquartile interval