The minimum number of points to win a 3-set tennis match is 48, winning 6-0, 6-0. If my only goal is to win a single point, I would give myself decent odds at distracting any given pro tennis player enough for them to lose one point. Across the two sets I might even be able to get two points if I’m really lucky.

However, I don’t plan on breaking my arm by trying to return any of their shots, so even in the (still probably majority) case where I don’t even win one point, at least my embarrassment will be short and controlled.

Every time I see this I think, if I was asked my response would be “has she just had a limb amputated? If so, probably still no but maybe.”

My mom could kick my ass at tennis ( …in her prime, she’s in her eighties now), I don’t need to ask Ms. Williams to do it.

Mom was, in fact, a tennis enthusiast when I was a kid and played weekly, and even at my best I had a crap backhand.

Serena Williams would demolish me.

Tennis has a long history of ‘Battle of the sexes’ matches.

1998: Karsten Braasch vs. the Williams sisters Another event dubbed a “Battle of the Sexes” took place during the 1998 Australian Open between Karsten Braasch and the Williams sisters. Venus and Serena Williams had claimed that they could beat any male player ranked outside the world’s top 200, so Braasch, then ranked 203rd, challenged them both. Braasch was described by one journalist as “a man whose training regime centered around a pack of cigarettes and more than a couple of bottles of ice cold lager”. The matches took place on court number 12 in Melbourne Park, after Braasch had finished a round of golf and two shandies. He first took on Serena and after leading 5–0, beat her 6–1. Venus then walked on court and again Braasch was victorious, this time winning 6–2. Braasch said afterwards, “500 and above, no chance.” He added that he had played like someone ranked 600th in order to keep the game “fun” and that the big difference was that men can chase down shots much more easily and put spin on the ball that female players could not handle. The Williams sisters adjusted their claim to beating men outside the top 350.

We’re still talking about professional athletes though…. If you were good enough to beat any of them then why the hell are you not doing exactly that?

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I mean I guess there’s a non-negligible chance of her hitting a double fault…

https://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/survey-results/daily/2019/07/12/ce84b/1

Other fun stuff from the same poll:

• Scots are the least likely to think they could do it, and also the least likely to say “don’t know”. We know where we stand apparently
• 2% of 65+ year old people think they could do it, although 2% is getting well into the territory where it could just be insincere answers

Man, unless you’re on the pro tour, you’re getting handled easily. Tennis is about angle knowledge and of course you have to be in top condition.

Serena wipes the floor with the avg man and college level tennis players of all genders.

maybe in Wii Tennis 🤷‍♀️

I dunno man, I might accidentally score a point.

I only need one point in a whole match? I’d just hope for a double-fault.

Men who don’t even play tennis fantasising about some monster power serve. That would get chopped off instantly.

Since they go 15 points at a time, hoping to score at least 1 seems pretty humble to me.

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