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Apropos of nothing, no-ad scoring is a travesty. Yes, it speeds up matches and heightens the intensity by introducing a "winner take all" point in place of the requirement that you win by two, but at too high a cost. Being at least two better than your opponent is foundational. It's how you win games (by two points), and it's how you win sets (excepting a tiebreaker, where you at least still have to win by two points). There are logical limits to this, of course, which is why the tiebreaker exists when players have demonstrated they're very evenly matched. Anyone can get lucky and win a key point. But going from deuce and having to win two key points in a row tests your mettle.Â
Games with multiple deuces are amazing theater, with the tension growing with each point. The emotional lift from winning a long game is brobdingnagian, just as the disappointment from losing a multi-deuce game can eat at a player's psyche. I'm sad to lose that in the college game.Â
