(wanted to edit one word but ended up deletign everything skjdfhjksf take two!!)

hii! honestly?? i was having a pretty bleh day but this ask just!!! it made my day. dude you watched murray vs kokkinakis!!! that is soooooo long!!! i'm honestly so impressed, and strangely honored?? this is so cool!!!

kokkinakis is a pretty solid player, and that match was definitely a highlight in his career (honestly it was a highlight in the tournament!!! i'm so glad i caught it live) but andy murray? sir andy? my guy has won almost everything you can think of; grand slams, olympics, masters... he is retired now, but you know what is so so so cool about this match?? murray had already had his hip surgery. he had A METAL HIP!!!! METAL HIP!!!! he is so fucking cool. i cant.

the scoring is needlessly complicated skdjfhksjdfs but if it helps, even pelople who play tennis don't really know the reasoning for it. there are a lot of speculations but the origin of the scoring is pretty blurry. i know (again) that you did not ask this specific question, but i think i can help a bit!!
- a regular tennis match is played best out of 3 sets, so the player who gets to 2 first, wins. the set score can look like this 2-0 or 2-1.
- to win a set you have to win 6 games. In the case where players are tied 5-5, they play up to 7 games. if it is 6-6, they play a tiebreaker (kind of like volleyball, you know? normal couting sskjdfsd 1, 2, 3... up to seven to win the set. and just like in volleyball, if there is a tie at 6-6 a player win twon point in a row to win the tiebreaker, for example 8-6 or 9-7, and consequently win the set). A set score board can look like the following: 6-0, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 or 7-6
- to win a game you have to win at least 4 points, and here is where people find it confusing. instead the points are 0, 15, 30, 40. the theory is that it is supposed to resemble the quarters of the hour, but they made 45 into 40 to make it easier for the umpire to say it (idk if it's true tbh). only one player serves per game, so we count their points first every time so 30-0 means that the server is winning the game, 15-40 means the server is losing the game. Now, if they tie at 40-40, there is a thing called advantage, which means that they have to win their point point at 40-40 to gain the advantage and then the next point to win the game. if they lose their advantage piint, it goes back to 40-40.
- so!! a simple, reduced summary: 1 match = 2 sets; 1 set = 6 games; 1 game = 4 points*

now for your actual questions sjdfsdlf:
- yes!! surprisingly, breaking rackets is pretty common skjdhfsd it is very frowned upon and it is shameful to the athlete, but it happens. you know the big bags they walk in on court with?? there are multiple rackets, usually at least four skjfdhsd but it is NOT in case they break one, it is bc of the string tension, but that is a different conversation
- rackets are expensive!! but players are sponsored, so they get their rackets :/ it's a bummer tbh bc like... cmon expensive. but lil pepper fact: i had a pre-sponsorship when i was 15 and got three rackets and i broke one sjkdfjdsfsd bad pepper. i had a terrible temper when i was younger.
- yes!! it is the referee (we call them umpires ;]) to silence the crowd skdjfhsdf it is a bit unfair imo bc it is an arena
- the silence in tennis thing is very tricky bc if they are "natural sounds" like gasps, grunts, loud exhales, or something that is not excessively loud or distracting, it is perfectly fine. but if you yell HEY in the middle of the point, that is what we call hindrance, it is a rule in tennis and it starts the point again haha but for the start of the point it is imperial that there is silence bc the serve is the only shot during the point where a player has control of the ball, so it is not to break their focus.

phew sdkjfhdskjf sorry again for the yapping, i was really excited. i really can't believe you watched it. so freaking cool