![]() ![]() How do tie-breaks work?Ī player must win at least seven points to win a tie-break (with scoring starting at zero and going up by one each point, rather than the typical 15-30-45 scoring). This comes from French and is a shortened form of “deux du jeu”, which means “two to win”, referring to how you need two straight points to win a game from 40-40. However, when players are level at 40-40, it is called deuce. ![]() ![]() When players are level on 15 or 30 the score is announced as “15 all” or “30 all”. This is similar to how a “duck” (from “duck’s egg”) in cricket indicates a score of zero. When a team is batting, they attempt to score as many runs as possible. ![]() On the pitch, a wicket is a set of three sticks/stumps with two wooden bails on top. The use of “love” for zero is believed to derive from the phrase “playing for love”, meaning “without stakes being wagered, for nothing”.Īnother theory is that it derives from the French word for “the egg” ( l’œuf) because an egg looks like the number zero. In cricket, scoring depends on the number of runs scored and wickets taken (known as outs). However, there were some clocks at French and English cathedrals that did have minute dials and tolled every 15 minutes, so it cannot be completely ruled out. ![]()
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