God loves even those who don’t love Him: “While we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son.” (Romans 5:10) He expects us to do the same: “ Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” (Luke 6:27-28)ġ. God’s love for us, and His expectation of our love for Him and others, includes self-sacrifice.Īfter all, He loved us so much He gave His only Son! God’s love includes more than emotions – it includes putting aside one’s own needs or comfort for the benefit of another. If nobody is two points ahead by the time the tie reaches the seven point stage, it continues until someone finally breaks the deadlock and goes two points clear.įootball may be considered a funny old game, but tennis? It's right up there with it.God’s idea of love is much deeper. If you think that’s complicated, when tennis goes to a tie-break, the scores then go from one to seven, ignoring the clock face system altogether, with a player needing to get to seven first by two clear points. On a third point, they would only move forward 10, thus scoring at 15, 30 and 40. Another point meant moving an another 15 feet down the court. Scoring points on serve was useful as it enabled the serving player to move forward 15 feet, getting closer to their opponent and able to target shots with more accuracy. A hugely popular game at the time was jeu de paume, similar to tennis but using the hand instead of a racket. There is another theory rooted in French heritage. It was basically breaking the clock face down into manageable chunks.
Going from 30 to 40 instead of 45 meant that, in a deuce situation, the advantage could be recorded by moving the hand on the clock from 40 to 50, then another nicely symmetrical 10 minutes to midnight for the win. To accommodate the two clear points a player must take each game by, it looked far neater to move things back by five minutes. To win, a player had to be first to get the hand back to midnight.īut why 45 and not 40? That’s down to deuce. Each player began at 12, then was moved to quarter past (15) with the first point, then half past (30) with the second and quarter to (45) with the third. One theory is that clock faces were used to record the score on court. The 15, 30 and 40 scores most likely date back to the days of the French court in the 15th and 16th centuries. That’s fine, we’re getting the hang of it now, it’s all about multiples of 15, so your next point should take you up to 45… Hang on? Where did 40 come from? In tennis, you score a point, it’s straight to 15. In football, you score a goal, your team’s score goes up by one. In tennis terms, the obstacle is an interruption to the smooth flow of play. Its roots lie on an Old Saxon word lettian, which meant hindering something or someone’s progress, or an obstacle.
If that clipping mistake makes the ball land outside the service box, then it’s a fault. In any game, a let is given when, on serve, a ball clips the net and bounces inside the service box and the player responsible is allowed to serve again. Imagine serving for the championship when that opening shot doesn’t quite go to plan? Fortunately, there’s a rule for that. Nerves can get to the most experienced of players.
Seeding was invented for tennis but it’s now been embraced by other sports, including football. The sections of the draw are also arranged so that none of the top eight can play each other until the quarter finals and none of the top four seeds until the semi-finals. If each seed lives up to their status and continues to beat unseeded opponents, they shouldn’t play another seed until at least the third round, when only 32 players remain. Thirty-two of the top-ranked players in the world are seeded and the draw is arranged so that none of the top 32 can meet at this stage by placing them into different sections. The first round of the Wimbledon singles competition features 128 players. It’s based on the way seedlings are arranged in a garden, with the smaller ones found at the front of the plot and the larger at the back so they don’t impede on the smaller ones when they are growing (or trying to progress through a major tennis tournament). In order to keep competitions interesting, the best players are delayed from meeting each other until as late into the tournament as possible.
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