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Tennis ball: Soft, hollow, air-filled rubber ball coated in a synthetic fur, used in the game of tennis. The ITF specifies that a tennis ball must have a diameter of 6.54–6.86 cm (2.57–2.70 in) and a weight of 56.0–59.4g. Yellow and white are the only approved colors at tournament level.
The winner was Andy Roddick and the runner-up was Cyril Saulnier. The tennis scoring system is a standard widespread method for scoring tennis matches, including pick-up games. Some tennis matches are played as part of a tournament, which may have various categories, such as singles and doubles. The great majority are organised as a single ...
The terminology is extended to sets (set point), matches (match point), and even championships (championship point). For example, if the player who is serving has a score of 40–love, the player has a triple game point (triple set point, etc.) as the player has three consecutive chances to win the game.
An emphatic overhead smash seals another hold to love and the lead for Novak Djokovic, playing perhaps his best tennis of the tournament and now a set ahead. 4-6, 7-6, 6-2. (Getty Images) Novak ...
"Love" and "bagel" in tennis. In tennis, the word "love" is used to replace 0 to refer to points, sets and matches. If the score during a game is 30-0, it is read as "thirty-love". Similarly, 3-0 would be read as "three-love" if referring to the score during a tiebreak, the games won during a set, or the sets won during a match.
The scoring system of real tennis mirrors that of lawn tennis, the latter having inherited the system from the former. A game is won by the first player to have won a total of four points, and to be at least two points more than their opponent. The points are called "love", "15", "30" and "40" respectively.
Bagel (tennis) In tennis, a bagel is when the set ends with a score of 6–0. [1] An extremely rare type of bagel, where no point is lost, is called a golden set. Most bagel sets occur in the early rounds of tennis tournaments where the favorites play lower-ranked players, such as lucky losers or wild cards .
All-time tennis records – Women's singles. Open Era tennis records – Women's singles. World number 1 ranked female tennis players. Top ten ranked female tennis players. Top ten ranked female tennis players (1921–1974) List of Billie Jean King Cup champions. WTA 1000 Series singles records and statistics.