Tennis scoring is a beautiful thing, but can be hard when first learning the sport. The tiebreak is a vital time in a tennis match. But what is it, and how does it work? It is used to decide a set when players reach 6–6 in games, and it isContinue Reading
Advantage simply means a player is one point away from winning a game after deuce. You will hear: This tells you who won the most recent point after deuce. What happens next? After advantage: There is no middle ground. It is either game-winning or reset. Why is advantage so important?Continue Reading
Tennis scoring can be hard when first starting out. It can be even harder when you hear a word that is neither a number, nor a word you hear in many other situations. In tennis, there are sets, games, and points. When both players reach 40–40 in a game, theContinue Reading
Tennis scoring looks strange the first time you see it. Fifteen, thirty, forty. Love. Deuce. Advantage. Tiebreaks. It doesn’t behave like any normal sport, and yet once you understand the structure behind it, it becomes one of the most logical scoring systems in sport. At its core, tennis is simple:Continue Reading
Every club player has experienced it: you step onto the court with a can of balls you opened two weeks ago, and after a few groundstrokes, something feels off. Your timing is fractionally late. Balls that should land deep are clipping the service line. Your opponent’s slice is sitting upContinue Reading
