The Only Difference is the Clothes

Tennis has never been more popular worldwide. But by the same token I’ve never seen tennis so dominated by women’s tennis as it
is today. By “women’s tennis” I’m talking about the type of tennis that the women play, and the type of tennis that most of the men
play as well.

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What does the shopping channel have to do with
men’s tennis according to
Ed Atkinson?
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What is the difference between men’s tennis and women’s tennis? The answer is, unfortunately, only the clothes, because both take
place predominantly in the backcourt. .

Basically 95 percent of your men are playing women’s tennis, namely baseline tennis. Actually that’s not quite true, because the
men play a rather poor version of women’s tennis. The men aren’t as strategically sophisticated as the women.

In the men’s game serve and volley tennis is a thing of the past. What we see instead is the players attempting to dominate from
the backcourt, going for no-brainer winners and racking up as many unforced errors as winners. Then you hear some TV commentator say
“that’s a pretty good day.” Sometimes I find it almost impossible to watch.

Women’s Matches are More Entertaining.