Australian Open Upsets: Could It Be The Strings?

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January 28, 2011

Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrated his win over Switzerland's Roger Federer in their semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. (AP)

This week Serbia's Novak Djokovic beat Switzerland's Roger Federer to make it to the finals of the Australian Open. Is a new type of tennis strings affecting the outcome of matches? A recent article in the Atlantic magazine is creating a bru-ha-ha in the tennis world. It claims that new copoly strings are giving players an edge.

We ask Nate Ferguson, a stringer to tennis superstars Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, what he thinks about the controversy.

This segment aired on January 28, 2011.