But the twist here is that when you analyze the game tapes, Butler starts to look less like Cinderella and more like a gang of evil stepsisters assuming those stepsisters had spent some time in the gym working out with the heavy bag.
Today at Arthur Ashe Stadium, when David Ferrer continues his quest for upset over Novak Djokovic or when Serena Williams mounts a home-country championship run, IBM data will be there to help fans analyze the game in ways John McEnroe can only intuit from years of experience.
And once it hits the Web, the game will take a primitive, but impressive, step into a brave new world where computers will watch and analyze your preferences and habits and reprogram themselves accordingly.