The Rules of Playing Singles Tennis

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"To start with, you have to determine who's going to serve first. You can say to the opponent "M or W?" and just spin that racket. It's W. So whomever chose W will serve first. Scoring is very important. Zero means the same as love, so you can start with saying "Zero, zero." or "Love, love". The first point is fifteen, the second point is thirty, the third point is forty, and then to win the game you have to win another point. If the ball touches just even a little bit of the line and it touches a little bit of the outside of the line, it's in. On every odd game you switch sides. The reason for that is one side is usually much sunnier than the other side."