[ColoradoTree]

Overwhelmed in an impressed sort of way by the ColoradoTree coverage.  Amazing, and much thanks.

One thing that I'm a little confused about.  The term "deuce point".  Is that something new?  Is that different than just "deuce"?  And are there still "ad-ins" and "ad-outs"?  I haven't seen any of the latter two terms in any of the commentary and so I wonder if there's been some change to tennis that I've missed (played and closely followed tennis back in the 80s/90s but barely follow it these days).

Thanks

A couple of years ago, the NCAA moved to no-ad scoring in an attempt to speed up matches, make them of a more predictable length, and add some excitement, presumably to make it more of a potential draw for TV.  So, while the pro and junior tours still use ad scoring (i.e., you still have to win by two, so ad-in and ad-out still feature), when it's deuce at the college level, whoever wins the next point wins the game.  It's certainly exciting, and those deuce points near the end of Lord's match vs. Contreras just about made my heart stop, but I feel winning by two in each game was fundamental to the sport.

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Arbuthnott/Gordon are playing the #15 team in the country on their home courts, so this should be a tough one.  They'll play two sets, and if they split, they'll play a 10-point "supertiebreaker" or "match tiebreaker" in which the first to ten points (have to win by two) is the winner.  Arbuthnott/Gordon's current ranking depends in large part on their run to the title at the ITA Fall National Championships, in which they won match tiebreakers in three of their five wins.  

FYI, Arbuthnott/Gordon didn't even qualify for that tournament in the fall, but because both were there for singles, they were added as an alternate when one of the teams dropped out. 

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Doubles on court now (Leighton 4), and they're down a break early, at 2-4.

[ColoradoTree]

Overwhelmed in an impressed sort of way by the ColoradoTree coverage.  Amazing, and much thanks.

One thing that I'm a little confused about.  The term "deuce point".  Is that something new?  Is that different than just "deuce"?  And are there still "ad-ins" and "ad-outs"?  I haven't seen any of the latter two terms in any of the commentary and so I wonder if there's been some change to tennis that I've missed (played and closely followed tennis back in the 80s/90s but barely follow it these days).

Thanks

A couple of years ago, the NCAA moved to no-ad scoring in an attempt to speed up matches, make them of a more predictable length, and add some excitement, presumably to make it more of a potential draw for TV.  So, while the pro and junior tours still use ad scoring (i.e., you still have to win by two, so ad-in and ad-out still feature), when it's deuce at the college level, whoever wins the next point wins the game.  It's certainly exciting, and those deuce points near the end of Lord's match vs. Contreras just about made my heart stop, but I feel winning by two in each game was fundamental to the sport.

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Arbuthnott/Gordon are playing the #15 team in the country on their home courts, so this should be a tough one.  They'll play two sets, and if they split, they'll play a 10-point "supertiebreaker" or "match tiebreaker" in which the first to ten points (have to win by two) is the winner.  Arbuthnott/Gordon's current ranking depends in large part on their run to the title at the ITA Fall National Championships, in which they won match tiebreakers in three of their five wins.  

FYI, Arbuthnott/Gordon didn't even qualify for that tournament in the fall, but because both were there for singles, they were added as an alternate when one of the teams dropped out. 

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Doubles on court now (Leighton 4), and they're down a break early, at 2-4.