tennis question

[andrew_dundee]

i'm watching the Murray game but i'm not 100% sure i understand the scoring, how many breaks make up a set etc and how many sets need to be won?

sorry if this question is a bit thick :confused:

[MyJo]

i'm watching the Murray game but i'm not 100% sure i understand the scoring, how many breaks make up a set etc and how many sets need to be won?

sorry if this question is a bit thick :confused:

Best of 5 sets, first to win 6 games wins a set (but it must be by 2 clear games ie if a set is at 5-5 a player has to take it to 7-5 to win the set, if gets to 6-6 it goes a tiebreak game to decide the winner)

4 points to win a game (15, 30, 40, game) again the game must be won by two clear points which is why is goes to duece if it reaches 40-40

[Jonnyboy]

Best of 5 sets, first to win 6 games wins a set (but it must be by 2 clear games ie if a set is at 5-5 a player has to take it to 7-5 to win the set, if gets to 6-6 it goes a tiebreak game to decide the winner)

4 points to win a game (15, 30, 40, game) again the game must be won by two clear points which is why is goes to duece if it reaches 40-40

:top marks

Now do the offside rule please

:greengrin

I know, there's no offside in tennis :wink:

[H18SScottW]

i'm watching the Murray game but i'm not 100% sure i understand the scoring, how many breaks make up a set etc and how many sets need to be won?

sorry if this question is a bit thick :confused:


Best of 5 sets.

First to 6 games wins a set if clear by 2.

Get to 6-6 in any of the first 4 sets and it's a tie break.

2 sets apeice then the 5th set keeps going until there's a winner by 2 clear games.




I think :dunno:

[MyJo]

:top marks

Now do the offside rule please

:greengrin

I know, there's no offside in tennis :wink:

c'mon now, not even our grade one referees know the offside rule so how am i expected to know :greengrin

[andrew_dundee]

at the moment the score is

Murray 2 2 15
Fed 6 3 15

[MrRobot]

:top marks

Now do the offside rule please

:greengrin

I know, there's no offside in tennis :wink:


Then why ask? Jeeez :devil::greengrin

[3pm]

:top marks

Now do the offside rule please

:greengrin

I know, there's no offside in tennis :wink:

Dinnae tell the 2 Celtic boys in the crowd. They'll think it's a conspiracy and then phone Real Radio. :agree:

[MyJo]

at the moment the score is

Murray 2 2 15
Fed 6 3 15

Feder has won the first set 6 games to 3

the second set is currently 3 games to 2 for federer

current game is tied as 15-15 (1 point each)

feder needs to win another 3 games to get the second set, murray needs to win another 4

[3pm]

at the moment the score is

Murray 2 2 15
Fed 6 3 15

The scores in the white boxes are the sets. The blue boxes is the score in that paricular game. :thumbsup:

[H18SScottW]

at the moment the score is

Murray 2 2 15
Fed 6 3 15

Federer still a break up in the 2nd set?

Think Andy needs to win the 2nd to be in with any chance :pray:

[andrew_dundee]

Feder has won the first set 6 games to 3

the second set is currently 3 games to 2 for federer

current game is tied as 15-15 (1 point each)

feder needs to win another 3 games to get the second set, murray needs to win another 4


thanks mate

that was vaguely what i thought but i needed clarrification

i hope you understand cricket- that's another game i can never quite figure out :agree:

[MyJo]

thanks mate

that was vaguely what i thought but i needed clarrification

i hope you understand cricket- that's another game i can never quite figure out :agree:

:bitchy: Cricket is the work of the devil, hideously boring game that i dont understand and never care to learn about.

Your on your own with that one :greengrin

[sg7nil]

thanks mate

that was vaguely what i thought but i needed clarrification

i hope you understand cricket- that's another game i can never quite figure out :agree:


Cricket in a nutshell...:wink:

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.

[AndyP]

Best of 5 sets.

First to 6 games wins a set if clear by 2.

Get to 6-6 in any of the first 4 sets and it's a tie break.

2 sets apeice then the 5th set keeps going until there's a winner by 2 clear games.




I think :dunno:

Definitely at Wimbledon, French and Aussie Opens but definitely NOT at the US, that goes to a final set tie break all because of American TV schedules, it was also one of the reasons that Murry/Nadal was rained off :brickwall

[Peevemor]

The word tennis comes from the French "tenez", roughly meaning "take that" which they shouted when serving. The word "love" was originally the French l'oeuf - the egg - which has the shape of a zero. Deuxe comes from the French deux (for 2), signifying that 2 more points are required to win. :nerd:

[Mibbes Aye]

The word tennis comes from the French "tenez", roughly meaning "take that" which they shouted when serving. The word "love" was originally the French l'oeuf - the egg - which has the shape of a zero. Deuxe comes from the French deux (for 2), signifying that 2 more points are required to win. :nerd:

Bluff.

Take That were formed around 1990. Tennis had been going for at least fifteen years before that.

[Peevemor]

Bluff.

Take That were formed around 1990. Tennis had been going for at least fifteen years before that.

Everything changes but you! :rolleyes:

[Mibbes Aye]

Everything changes but you! :rolleyes:

:tee hee: