Friday, July 6, 2012

Tennis Scoring is Zany

Here's a chart I created showing tennis scoring. No wonder beginners get confused !


The most curious part is deuce. At 40-40 a player needs two consecutive points to take out the game. This means that 40-40 is identical to 30-30. Ad In is the same as 40-30, and Ad Out is the same as 30-40. So why not simplify?

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