Today, something happened in tennis.
What happened – though – is really fucking confusing if you don’t know anything about tennis. Seriously. I just had to look up terminology.
Look at this Dragonball Z shit going on here.
Andy Murray, who is a guy who plays tennis I guess, beat Roger Federer – that guy in those razor commercials – in five sets, which is the tennis equivalent of a slam dunk or something. Apparently that guy from the shaving commercials is really, really good but Andy Murray beat him five little games in a row. Those little games are made of even littler games. This shit is so confusing that I had to look it up here. Murray, who looks like every math teacher ever except really buff, won enough of the super-little games to win the big games and that means he won the ACTUAL game. That’s where “game, set, and match” comes from. Touchdown!
Anyway, Roger Federer is supposed to be the Jesus of tennis and the buff math teacher guy just beat him so that’s a big deal I guess.
There’s also this game called Real Tennis which looks like some shit straight out of the gulag.
January 25, 2013 at 3:34 pm, Doug Nicholson said:
This is brilliant writing, Pulitzer worth. Death and Taxes should be proud…
January 25, 2013 at 3:55 pm, Cindy Ren said:
srsly how low is their budget for sports writers
January 25, 2013 at 4:07 pm, Doug Nicholson said:
My guess is they don't pay their writers well, or at all. It's sad this use to be a great print magazine.
January 25, 2013 at 5:57 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
lol
January 25, 2013 at 3:34 pm, Jay Casey said:
*patio table full of well dressed white people laughing politely over crystal glasses of breakfast cocktails*
January 25, 2013 at 5:52 pm, Paul Falvo said:
Ned just don't know shit about tennis! What a cut up!
January 25, 2013 at 6:36 pm, Graham Cooper said:
The littlest games are called points. guess you missed that while reading up on terminology.
January 25, 2013 at 6:38 pm, Graham Cooper said:
also the "actual game" is called a "match" points make up games, make up sets, make up matches. I know, I know. so tricky.