An active member of the DC Bar, Binta Robinson has worked as an attorney licensed in the District of Columbia Bar, since 2012. When she is not engaged in the practice of law, Binta Robinson enjoys leading a physically active lifestyle. She cycles, plays basketball, and has engaged in games of tennis.
In a standard match of tennis, players must earn six games to win a set and two sets to win the match. In select venues, male tennis players may need to win three out of five sets, but this format has become increasingly rare in the modern sport. Similarly, many tennis tournaments historically required both male and female athletes to win the final set of a match (the deciding third or fifth set) by two games, as opposed to settling the set with a common tiebreak. This format has also fallen out of favor, resulting in a few different ways for final sets to play out. In most cases, a player wins a deciding set in the same way they win all sets: by winning six games, or winning the set with a two-game margin at 7-5. However, if a deciding set is tied at six games all, the players contest a seven-point tiebreak, meaning the first to seven with a two-point margin wins the match. In 2023, the Grand Slam Board of professional tennis made an announcement that all four majors (the Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and the US Open) had agreed to implement a 10-point tiebreak, also known as a champion’s tiebreak or super tiebreaker, at six games all in the final set. Prior to this decision, the US Open had implemented a standard seven-point tiebreak at the conclusion of a deciding set, while the other three majors had toyed with champion’s tiebreaks at different points in the set, including a Wimbledon super tiebreaker at 12 games all. Andy Murray played the first tiebreak of the new era of tennis at the 2023 Australian Open, defeating Matteo Berrettini 10-6 in the fifth set tiebreak. Comments are closed.
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AuthorA former Primary Patent Examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Binta Robinson has examined more than 100 United States patent applications. Archives
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