Tennis Anyone?

I like tennis

Not to play, but to watch

Like the battle, the competition and the atmosphere

First watched a tournament on TV when I was a young adult

Can’t remember when I first caught the fever but it’s been decades

Used to watch Chrissy Evert with her stern expressions

Against the more emotional hard-hitting Martina Navratilova

Loved McEnroe, Connors, Borg and then Becker

The tournaments were like huge outdoor theaters in the round

People watch intently what can go on for hours even when its really hot

While two players bang a ball across a single net strung out across a painted court

There’s the clay, the hard courts and the original grass

Remember.it was the sport of kings

They have table tennis and now pickleball

But there is nothing like a tennis match

There is the anticipation

The thrill of watching a single fuzzy ball go back and forth on a court

Whether it is in or whether it is out, the player scores

There are the net cords where the ball can drop on either side

It’s where zero’s don’t exist but love does instead

There’s lots of money at stake with the modern game

Its a game of endurance, lots of sweat and fancy steps