Binta Robinson is a licensed attorney as an active member of the Bar of the District of Columbia, and is based in Washington, DC. When she is not assisting clients as an attorney, Binta Robinson often enjoys sports. She attends Nationals baseball games and enjoys trying her hand at squash and tennis
In the sport of tennis, tiebreak rules may be implemented in several ways. Years ago, tiebreaks were relatively uncommon at the professional level, but they have become increasingly popular since James H. Van Alen’s sudden death scoring rules were introduced at the 1970 US Open. Up until that point, a set of tennis ended only after a player had won six games with a two-game advantage, meaning set scores could run anywhere from 6-0 to 22-20, making for unwieldy, unpredictable match lengths. Tiebreak rules shortened all sets at the US Open and, eventually, many other professional tournaments and recreational matches. Under sudden death rules, players enter a tiebreak at six games all. The first player to serve in the tiebreak serves one point from the deuce court, after which players exchange two service points from the deuce and ad court until one player wins seven points, as well as a two-point advantage. As the tiebreak has grown in popularity, individual tournaments have adjusted how they implement the feature. For example, Wimbledon began observing final set tiebreak rules for the 2019 edition of the tournament, leaving the French Open as the only major tournament without deciding set tiebreaks. However, tiebreaks begin at 12 games all in the final set at Wimbledon, instead of six games all. The Australian Open, meanwhile, plays a third (for women) or fifth (for men) set tiebreak at six games all. That said, the tiebreak is played with a first-to-10-points format, with a two-point advantage (instead of first to seven points). This rule is sometimes referred to as the super tiebreak or the champions tiebreak. In non-professional settings, champions tiebreaks sometimes take the place of a final set. It should be noted that, due to the continued use of advantage scoring, tiebreaks can be just as unpredictable in terms of length as traditional sets of tennis. During a 2013 futures tournament, Benjamin Balleret and Guillaume Couillard contested a 70-point first set tiebreak, with Balleret taking the opener 36-34, followed by a 6-1 second set. By comparison, it takes 24 points to win a traditional set of tennis. 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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