davced1
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I play group league matches and because the matches last only 50 minutes we use no ad scoring to speed up the sets. I never liked it and yesterday it became apparent why. The rule of thumb in tennis scoring is to always win by two, in games, sets, and tie-breaks but with no ad everything changes. The margins are so small that you pay badly for a few mistakes and it shows on the scoreboard.
Yesterday I played a match and was down 2-5 before I had to retire due to injury. Out of those 7 games 5 were decided by no ad points and my opponent won 4 of them. I was on the offense on at least three of them but one offensive forehand off a short ball was stopped by the net cord, one smash an inch too long and a wide service return off a weak 2nd serve handed my opponent three of them and he did nothing to deserve it.
If it were the regular scoring system he of course would have had to win one more point to seal the game and that makes a huge difference. Now it felt more like a lottery and I know the score could have easily been 3-4 or 4-3 in my favor. Now I was left wondering what did go wrong as I did not play bad at all but still was down 2-5 in the score.
Yesterday I played a match and was down 2-5 before I had to retire due to injury. Out of those 7 games 5 were decided by no ad points and my opponent won 4 of them. I was on the offense on at least three of them but one offensive forehand off a short ball was stopped by the net cord, one smash an inch too long and a wide service return off a weak 2nd serve handed my opponent three of them and he did nothing to deserve it.
If it were the regular scoring system he of course would have had to win one more point to seal the game and that makes a huge difference. Now it felt more like a lottery and I know the score could have easily been 3-4 or 4-3 in my favor. Now I was left wondering what did go wrong as I did not play bad at all but still was down 2-5 in the score.
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