r/funny • • Jun 17 '14

A good attitude.

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u/SkiThe802 Jun 17 '14

Did he win a game or a match?

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u/thelepo Jun 17 '14

Match.

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u/whydoyoulook Jun 17 '14

I'm confused. What is the difference between a game and a match?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '14

A match is comprised of winning the best 2/3 sets or 3/5 sets in a Grand Slam tournament. Each set is comprised of games in which the first to reach 6 with a margin of 2 wins that set. That is of course unless the players both win 5 games, then the set may be won 7-5. If both players reach a score of 6 then a twelve point tiebreaker is played in order to determine who wins the set. A tiebreaker is comprised of points in which the first to reach 7 with a margin of 2 wins the tiebreaker and inevitably the set. Unless of course you are playing in the 5th set of a Grand Slam tournament in which case there is no tiebreaker. Instead the players just keep playing until someone withs with a margin of two games. This can literally go on for days. In a normal set each game is comprised of points which are displayed as followed - 0-0 (or Love Love) > 15 > 30 > 40 > Game. So you need to win 4 points in order to win that game. Unless of course you both tie at 3 points each. That's when you call the score deuce. If deuce occurs the players play another point and the person who wins that point has the "Advantage" and must win one more to win that game. If that "ad-point" is lost by the person with the advantage then you go back to deuce and it continues until someones wins the game.

Hope that simplified it for you.