Tennis Rules
Tennis is a civilized game that involves neither violence whatsoever nor physical contact. It is widely loved by both men and women to the same extent and therefore widely broadcast especially when tennis opens are unfolding in some part of the world. The game in itself is not very difficult and tennis rules are very easy to understand.
To begin with, tennis rules say that it must be played in a court with two sides and each of the opponents chooses one side.
Players also bear different names depending on the action that they take at certain points. The one who serves the ball is called a server while the other is called the receiver. According to tennis rules this game can be played in singles or in doubles.
The rules will of course be much easier to understand and follow if the game is not played in pairs. When the server hits the ball he/she has to stand behind the baseline on the deuce court. The deuce court is also needed for even points as this is where they are all played while odd points are played in the advantage court.
After the server hits the ball it is important for the receiver to hit the ball and return it to the servers half of the court. If the ball first bounces in the service box then the move is correct; but if the receiver hits the ball without letting it bounce first, then he loses points. In the same manner, if the server does not make the ball bounce in the service box of his opponent, then it is considered a fault and the server needs to repeat his serve.
According to tennis rules, one won point is given 15 point equivalents that is why the score may make you thin of a clock.
Zero in tennis means love, two points mean 30 and three points mean 45 or the nowadays 40. The game is finished either won or lost by one of the players when the clock gets to zero again, that is love. In case the score reaches 40 40, a score known in tennis rules as deuce, the winner has to score twice in order to win the game.
Regarding winning, tennis rules state that winners of the set are those who win 6 games by two. In addition, match winners are those who win two sets in a row; if this is not the case, then they have to play six sets that will most likely be decisive. In case the final set score is 6-6, they have to play a tie-breaker in which the score is no longer kept in 15, 30, 40 points but in ones.
All in all, tennis rules are not complicated. However their number is pretty high as it happens with every game. You would say that the more the rules, the more difficult to understand the game. But actually tennis rules are needed simply to avoid confusions and unpredictably unclear situations.
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