Tennis Hand Jive
As a special Valentine’s Day treat, it was my intention to attempt to completely close out the Score in a Game section of the FriendRead More
Closing out the Tie-Breaker?
Today’s post is full of drama, intrigue, and suspense. Can the Fiend finally close out the tie-breaker? I think all that remains to cover areRead More
A Fiendish Solution to a Devilish Problem
We have finally arrived at two tie-break related questions that for whatever reason seem to completely befuddle a significant number of players. The first questionRead More
Finally, the Tie-Break Game
Five full days after setting out to start writing about the tie-breaker, I finally get around to actually writing about the rule as it appearsRead More
Early Evolution of the Tie-Breaker
As was mentioned yesterday, the professional players that were inflicted with the sudden death tie-breaker implemented at the US Open uniformly hated it. Initial protestsRead More
Heading into a Breaker
A couple of days ago when I should have started writing about the tennis tie-breaker, I inexplicably plunged down the Jimmy Van Alen VASSS rabbitRead More
The John Isner of It All
Back on New Year’s Even when this project was started, I never would have predicted how frequently John Isner has popped up. In anticipation ofRead More
Kicking VASSS
Today I should be writing about the Friend at Court section 5.a, “Tie-Break game,” but I finally arrived at the realization that before I can write effectively about that topic, that first I need to get “VASSS” and Jimmy Van Alen out of my system.
1 responseStandard Score in a Game
As is becoming the custom for this exercise, several days after first moving into a new rule section, I finally get around to actually writing about the rule.
What can be Deduced about Deuce?
The very first book in the world on tennis was written in 1555 by a priest, Antonio Scaino da Salo, after he witnessed a match during which a question about the game arose that was not explained to his apparent satisfaction.