SONY KD-48A9

With their polite applause, penchant for Pimm’s and unrivalled capacity for queueing, tennis fans probably aren’t likely to go in for something as gauche as a TV the size of a double mattress.

But Sony’s KD-48A9 crams all the stuff you’d expect from a top-end 4K OLED into something more discreet.

The A9 is a fair bit chunkier than the slimmest screens you can buy, but it’s solidly built and has a minimal bezel around the 48in panel. Any concerns about skinniness will be immediately banished when you turn it on anyway, because this TV aces pretty much every department. Colours have all the impact of a Kyrgios serve, and contrasts really pop from the screen – the players’ bright whites will look like something in a Daz advert. Motion is natural and well controlled too, so it’ll have no bother with even the most intense rallies.

The A9’s relative girth does have its benefits too. It means you get Sony’s Acoustic Surface Audio technology, which turns the whole screen into a speaker (with a small subwoofer built in too). That makes this one of the few TVS where you can genuinely get away without adding a soundbar – although, much like the umpires on Centre Court, it doesn’t like loud volumes, so you’d still be advised to employ one if you like to turn things up to 11.

£1399 / stuff.tv/a9 KEY SPECS

● 48in 3840x2160 OLED ● 4x HDMI, 3x USB, Ethernet, optical, Wi-fi, Bluetooth ● HDR 10, Dolby Vision, HLG ● Android TV

STUFF SAYS ★★★★★

Don’t be fooled by its slightly smaller size: the KD-48A9 is a real smasher

When is it? 28 June to 11 July Where’s it on? BBC 4K love The Beeb is taking its best cameras this year, with all games from Centre Court being shown in 4K via iplayer on compatible TVS.

Squirty all The KD-48A9 runs Android, so you get Chromecast and Google Assistant built in, but it also supports Apple’s Airplay and Homekit plus Alexa.