Better Player Doesn't Always Win

[Undisputed_King]

Does anyone here also think that the better player doesn't always win using the current tennis scoring system?

To illustrate my point consider this scoreline:
6-0, 6-7, 6-7

Notice how one player amasses a total of 18 games while the other player only amasses 14 games, yet under the current scoring system, the player who wins 14 games is the victor. We could take this further and look at the individual points within individual games.

In most other sports, the points you amass throughout the entire match are accumulated to give you an aggregate. Tennis is unique because it is the number of sets you win that counts, rather than the total points you win throughout the match.

Do you think the current scoring system adequately reflects the story of the match?

 

[Scruff83]

Do you think the current scoring system adequately reflects the story of the match?

Not always. But, thats the beauty of the tennis and thats whats sets the good players apart from the rest, you've gotta be able to stand up on the "big" points when it counts.

 

[red+black]

There is nothing wrong with the scoring system. The beauty is that you can put a 0-6 set behind you and focus on the next set.

Maybe the person that loses 6-0 6-7 6-7 needs to address their own pyschology when things get tight.

 

[Gift]

Tennis would be boring as hell if it was just an accumulation of games.. or maybe even pts.. imagine first to 100 pts match.. Id die of boredom as there would be no tension