screenshot of tweet: One in eight men (12%) say they could win a point in a game of tennis against 23 time grand slam winner Serena Williams. Quote retweet: Confident in my ability to properly tennis, I take the court. I smile at my opponent. Serena does not return the gesture. She'd be prettier if she did, I think. She serves. The ball passes cleanly through my skull, killing me instantly

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Pfft, I could absolutely do that

Assuming she was 10 minutes late to the game and the umpire let me start without her

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When I first came upon this question years ago, I was like "A game of tennis goes for like 3 hours, surely I could get a singular point in that time, if she faults"

Then I was informed "winning a point" means winning a set, so I revised my answer to "Yeah absolutely not".

Maybe some of that 12% had the same thought process I did, but even then that's a ridiculously high number

[–] pickles@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago

Winning a point does just mean a single service, and it's still true. Tennis pros only fault because they're playing on the bleeding edge of their game to beat their peers. Serena Williams can play at 50% of her capability against you, never come close to a fault, and wrap up the match in 30 mins.