With Wimbledon being played over the course of the next week, I thought it might behoove you to know a little about the sport. I really enjoy watching tennis. I'll sit down to only watch a few minutes of a match, then two hours later I'm grunting and sweating along with the Williams Sisters.
Reasons you will like tennis:
Even the ugly ones are still somehow attractive.... cue Andy Murray. You may remember him better as Kate Middleton's bestie at last year's Wimbledon tournament.
Far less murderers in tennis than there are in football. That is simply a fact. It is kind of hard to murder someone in a front tie, bow shirt. I mean, I haven't tried. It just seems like it.
Games make up sets. Sets make up matches....
Let's talk about how individual game scoring works.
Let's say Serena and Venus are playing each other.
Serena is serving and scores first.
The score is now 15-Love.
Venus wins the next point...
The score is now 15 all
Venus wins the next point...
The score is now 15- 30
Serena wins the next point...
The score is now 30 all
Serena wins the next point...
The Score is now 40-30
If Serena wins the next point, she wins the game.
If Venus wins the next point, the score is 40 all or "Deuce"
At deuce, one player must win the next two points to win the game. If at deuce, Serena wins the next point, she has the advantage. This is called "ad". If the player having the advantage wins the following point, she wins that game. If the player with the advantage loses the point, the score returns to deuce, and they do that all over again.
And here is a more visual example.
Next are Sets. You need to win 6 games to win the SET!
Then finally we have the match.
In most tournaments, the first player to win two sets (best of three) wins the match.
After I made all that I realized it was very overwhelming. But I took the time to make it, so you have to pretend to be interested.
"Ohhh yeah, Sarah, man, that post made so much sense and it really helped me so much! I simply cannot wait to watch Wimbledon this weekend."
and I'll be sitting on the other end of the computer thinking....
Just kidding, I just really wanted to use those GIFs.
Hey let's link up with Whitney, shall we?
For some odd reason I feel the need to explain my song.
Good Mornin Laides..........
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