Tennis game/match

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Teo

#307605 Wed, 27 Dec 06 07:49 AM

What's the difference in meaning between a tennis match and a tennis game?

Teo

Joined on Tue, Sep 28 2004

Taiwan

Contributing Member (1,631)

Thank you very much for your reply.

Mister Micawber

#307607 Wed, 27 Dec 06 08:09 AM

A tennis player needs 4 points (15, 30, 40, etc) to win a game, 6 games to win a set and 3 sets to win a match. There are variations on this.

Mister Micawber

Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004

Yokohama

Veteran Member (22,710)

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

Match/game
Game? match?
Tennis
To go to tennis

Won a match
Match criteria
Go playing tennis vs play tennis
Positive match

'... to match' and ''patter'
Did
Game
How to combine two sentences?

Teo

#307609 Wed, 27 Dec 06 08:36 AM

What's the difference in meaning between a soccer (baseball, basketball,...) match and a soccer (baseball, basketball,...) game?

Teo

Mister Micawber

#307610 Wed, 27 Dec 06 08:45 AM

They are synonyms.

Mister Micawber

Synonyms