Friday 25 June 2010

6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68

It looks weird written down, but it appears to be true.

My latest blogpost: 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68Tweet this! Posted by Mark Wadsworth at 07:42

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13 comments:

Chuckles said...

Could we see that in slow motion?

Pavlov's Cat links to a cautionary tale of bears, woods, irresponsible drug use, sore heads and 'not ending well' -

http://pavlovscat2.blogspot.com/2010/06/if-you-go-down-in-woods-today.html

25 June 2010 at 09:25
Steven_L said...

At least it didn't happen in the first set!

Had to happen sooner or later in a game that can potentially go on forever.

25 June 2010 at 09:27
AntiCitizenOne said...

4 8 15 16 23 42

25 June 2010 at 11:22
Chuckles said...

ACO,
I'm a bit Lost with those,

perhaps

5 9 13 17 22 27?
or
1 1 2 3 5 8 13?

25 June 2010 at 11:28
McEnroe, J said...

Steven_L: it couldn't happen in the first set. Tiebreakers :0)

True that such a marathon had to happen sooner or later, tho.

25 June 2010 at 11:46
Mark Wadsworth said...

Ch, depressing tale indeed. Your second sequence is very familiar but I'm lost with AC1's effort and your first one (although I'd guess 32, 38 are next).

S_L, I'm surprised you succumbed to that, as is J McE.

25 June 2010 at 12:45
Chuckles said...

M, Yes if the ecology types simply left the fellow there to recover, I'd say they are guilty of criminal negligence. Certainly, in other countries, it's just about mandatory to monitor the animal till it's fully recovered.

My first sequence is called 'wednesday', and I'm not surprised you're Lost with AC1's sequence

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25 June 2010 at 13:04
Mark Wadsworth said...

Ch, ta, I don't pay attention to Lottery so I'd never have guessed.

25 June 2010 at 13:25
AntiCitizenOne said...

When it comes to the lottery I never win, I've only Lost.

25 June 2010 at 13:26
Steven_L said...

Can't you just go duece/advantage forever and ever in tennis in any set?

25 June 2010 at 14:08
Mark Wadsworth said...

S_L, I believe you can, but you'd never get past 7-6. It's only the deciding set that you have to win by a margin of two games (i.e. 8-6 or 10-8, or in thise case 70-68).

It is in theory possible that the third and fourth sets in this particular match lasted a lot longer than the last one.

25 June 2010 at 14:21
Ball boy said...

It is to be hoped that the fuddy duddies in their jackets will put down their strawberries for a while and think about what happened. If they have any sense they will change the rules to say that in such cases, the first one to 30 wins.

25 June 2010 at 14:37
James Higham said...

And the poor bastard is then given no respite, no free day - he had to come up next day against a fresh player and get well and truly stuffed. Seems a bit unfair.

25 June 2010 at 19:45

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