One of the thing I overlook about living in NYC is the power to take the 7 gear out to sporting events in Queens . No car , no dealings , no parking woes getting in and out . You could go watch out your favorite team hit a grand slam homerun over at Shea Stadium ( orchezstadium , as the punning go ) , or , this clip of year , entrance part of a different type of marvelous slam , The U.S. Open .
To make up for the unfitness to take the 7 train out to Flushing , I ’ve been watching a lot of baseball and tennis lately , peculiarly the U.S. Open with all thisAgassi exhilaration .
Modern tennis has its roots in a 16th century Gallic biz calledJeu de Paume , or , the " Game of the Palm . “ finally racket were contribute and the sport moved onto the grass where , in the nineteenth C , it became " Lawn Tennis" in England .
Though Wimbledon ’s court are still a form of lawn ( Secale cereale grass , really ) , the other Grand Slam locale are not . The U.S. Open and Australian Open are played on an mineral pitch - type surfaces , while the French Open is played on clay . And while Henry Clay is slippy and draw the courtsun petite peudangerous , kudos are still in ordering to the French for serving up all those interesting terms like " love" and " deuce . “ After the jump , I ’ll letWikiexplain their origins , and many more .
" Tennis" comes from the Frenchtenez , the imperative form of the verbtenir , to hold : This was a cry used by the player serving in majestic tennis , meaning " I am about to process ! " ( rather like the cry " Fore ! " in golf ) .
" Racquet" comes fromraquette , which educe from the Arabicrakhat , intend the palm of the manus .
" Deuce" fall fromà deux le jeu , meaning " to both is the game " ( that is , the two players have equal scores ) .
" Love" may come froml’Å“uf , the egg , a reference to the nut - shaped zero symbol .
The convention of numbering scores " 15 " , " 30 " and " 40 " comes fromquinze , trenteandquarante , which to Gallic ears makes a euphonious sequence , or from the poop of a clock ( 15 , 30 , 45 ) with 45 simplified to 40 .
These inception , of course , are n’t the only ones floating around the web . The Straight Dopehas some dissimilar explanations for the odd grading organisation in tennis , as well as a different take on " love . " And I ’ve also heard that " deuce " could suggest the fact that you necessitate to make twice in a row to win the game .
