dougdeep
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That's because I don't know. His response seemed to imply that he did.
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Tennis scoring
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That's because I don't know. His response seemed to imply that he did.
The Merry Prankster
Pactum serva
I know you've only been around for a short time but I can't help feeling that you haven't really caught the mood of NSC yet.
Footsoldier
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- May 26, 2013
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And what would that be then? Come on, please enlighten me.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Deuce is 40-40.
Or Egalite if in France
ferring seagull
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- Dec 30, 2010
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The origins of the 15, 30, and 40 scores are believed to be medieval French. It is possible that a clock face was used on court, with a quarter move of the hand to indicate a score of 15, 30, and 45. When the hand moved to 60, the game was over. However, in order to ensure that the game could not be won by a one-point difference in players' scores, the idea of "deuce" was introduced. To make the score stay within the "60" ticks on the clock face, the 45 was changed to 40. Therefore, if both players have 40, the first player to score receives ten and that moves the clock to 50. If the player scores a second time before the opponent is able to score, they are awarded another ten and the clock moves to 60. The 60 signifies the end of the game. However, if a player fails to score twice in a row, then the clock would move back to 40 to establish another "deuce".[citation needed]
The origins of the 15, 30, and 40 scores are believed to be medieval French. It is possible that a clock face was used on court, with a quarter move of the hand to indicate a score of 15, 30, and 45. When the hand moved to 60, the game was over. However, in order to ensure that the game could not be won by a one-point difference in players' scores, the idea of "deuce" was introduced. To make the score stay within the "60" ticks on the clock face, the 45 was changed to 40. Therefore, if both players have 40, the first player to score receives ten and that moves the clock to 50. If the player scores a second time before the opponent is able to score, they are awarded another ten and the clock moves to 60. The 60 signifies the end of the game. However, if a player fails to score twice in a row, then the clock would move back to 40 to establish another "deuce".[citation needed]
Comedy Steve
We're f'ing brilliant
Need to have at least 4 scoring points so that a player has to serve from either side of the court twice. It's fairer if there's, for example, uneven court conditions (e.g. glaring sun) or if you're left handed (though there's an argument that lefties have an edge when serving at Advantage). Though maybe an avid tennis player can correct me if I'm wrong
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
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No, you are right. Lefties do have the advantage that side, as a leftie who plays right handed, I have the nautral advatange that side.
But at 30-30, you will need to serve at the deuce side and the advantage side so you will ultimately have to serve twice at each end. It is exactly like 4-4 in a penatly shoot out afyer 4 each, already sudden death but not in name. Just how it is.
