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re: Australian Open 2014
Posted on 1/27/14 at 3:21 am to kidbourbon
Posted on 1/27/14 at 3:21 am to kidbourbon
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The point is that you could take the "40" out of the scoring completely and it would be functionally equivalent. This is true. I've always wondered why the "40" exists. Either way, it's the first to 4, win by 2
The above was poorly worded, and in discovering this I think I answered the question.
30/30 and deuce are functionally equivalent. But you need the "40" because it's first to 4 win by 2. And so 3-0 is 40-0, and 3-1 is 40-15. And because you already have the "40", it would be more confusing to call 30/30 deuce and 40-30 ad-in. And that's my final answer.
Personally, I think they should just change it to "first to 4, win by 2". And then rather than saying this is the fourth deuce, for example, it would just be 7-7.
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:41 am to kidbourbon
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30/30 and deuce are functionally equivalent.
Understand that.
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But you need the "40" because it's first to 4 win by 2.
So you just answered why it would be confusing. At this point you both have 4 points(Deuce). 3 points would be 30/30. It would just be confusing to me at least when I am playing and lose track of score, if you were to call both deuce.
This post was edited on 1/27/14 at 9:47 am
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