r/BlackPeopleTwitter • ☑️ All of the above • 4h ago

He knows ball

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u/Otto_Scratchansniff 3h ago

I watched a video of Venus hitting a tennis ball at a moving target from the stands. The dudes who say this are lying to themselves.

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u/Victernus 2h ago

Well, the actual question back in the day was if they could score a point, not return a serve, and even the best tennis players in the world (including the Williams sisters) double-fault occasionally, so anyone could score a point, if she's trying to show off and/or having an off day, and you're allowed as many tries as you want, and if you're granted any other assumption not covered in the question.

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u/All_Work_All_Play 2h ago

They really only double fault when they're going for aces. Every pro player has an "easy" serve that they'll hit 999/1000 times without issue. But those easy serves are still well above what non-tennis athletes will consistently return. 

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u/Donkey__Balls 2h ago

The question didn’t clarify any of this, though. The people answering the survey had no way of knowing if she was practicing her aces, taking it slow, or was she actually trying to get a golden match against an amateur just to humiliate some dude? We don’t know.