I found out, a few years ago, that the name 'Lawn Tennis' was no longer in popular usage. It was mostly used in the past when the game was only played on the grass court or lawn. But over the years, different surfaces have been used for playing the game. We now have clay courts, grass courts, concrete courts, and so on. Hence, the game is now just called 'Tennis'. So afore times we used to have 'Table Tennis' and 'Lawn Tennis', but now we have 'Table tennis' and 'Tennis'. Make no mistake, the two games (tennis and table tennis) have little or no similarity apart from the name.
The bat is used to play table tennis but a tennis racquet is used in the tennis game. The counting is totally different. What's a simple way to explain how the counting is done? OK, let me try. For each participant or competitor, the first point is called a fifteen (15). When there's no point or zero point, it is known as 'zero' or 'LOVE'. The second point is called a thirty (30). The third a forty (40) and the fifth is called 'Game', marking the end of that game section. So if Paul and John were opponents, could have scores like this:
Paul 0 - 0 John (Love-Love)
15 - 0 (15 - love
30 - 0 (30 - love)
30 - 15 (30 - 15)
40 - 15 (40 -15)
40 - 30 (40 - 30)
at this point (40 - 30), if Paul gets one more point, it's 'Game' and Paul takes that game. But if at that point (40:30), John was the one who got the point, then it would be 40 - 40, which in tennis is also known as deuce. A deuce means that
TO BE CONTINUED...
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