{"id":37619,"date":"2024-02-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/is-tennis-a-posh\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T00:00:00","slug":"is-tennis-a-posh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/is-tennis-a-posh\/","title":{"rendered":"Is tennis a posh?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/is-tennis-a-posh\/#Tennis_Scoring_Rules\" >Tennis Scoring Rules<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/is-tennis-a-posh\/#Number_of_Games_and_Sets\" >Number of Games and Sets<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/is-tennis-a-posh\/#Duration_of_Tennis_Matches\" >Duration of Tennis Matches<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tennis_Scoring_Rules\"><\/span>Tennis Scoring Rules<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Tennis is a four-point game that must be won by a two-point lead. The points are love (zero), 15, 30, 40, and game. If the game is tied at 40, it extends until one player wins by a two-point lead.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Number_of_Games_and_Sets\"><\/span>Number of Games and Sets<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There are six games in a set and two or three games in a match.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Duration_of_Tennis_Matches\"><\/span>Duration of Tennis Matches<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A set which goes to a tie-break typically takes around an hour, so a close best of three set match will take over three hours. Best of five set matches can end in less than an hour, but five long sets can take five to six hours, emphasising the physical challenge offered by a men&#8217;s grand slam event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Scoring Rules Tennis is a four-point game that must be won by a two-point lead. The points are love (zero), 15, 30, 40, and game. If the game is tied at 40, it extends until one player wins by a two-point lead. Number of Games and Sets There are six games in a set &#8230; <a title=\"Is tennis a posh?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/is-tennis-a-posh\/\" aria-label=\"Per saperne di pi\u00f9 su Is tennis a posh?\">Leggi tutto<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1233,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}