Mumbai, July 2 -- There was a deafening thud. Then a deft touch. The thud fetched a collective awe. The touch earned the point. This is the story of a 6'8" giant throwing down the gauntlet in the form of the fastest serve ever recorded in Wimbledon history, and yet, losing the point. This is also the story of modern-day tennis, across gender, where possessing a powerful serve alone may not hand you the match on a platter. In the opening game of his first-round match against Taylor Fritz, Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard smoked a 153mph shot off his racquet that might as well have been a bazooka. It broke the record for the fastest serve recorded in Wimbledon history, comfortably going past Taylor Dent's previous mark of 148mph set in 20...