Forty-Love.... Poem by Sylvia Frances Chan

POEM NUMBER 810

LIVE TONIGHT IN NEW YORK: at 22 hrs PM Dutch Time IS: 4 PM NY Time
........SERINA WILLIAMS (USA) vs BIANCA ANDREESCU (Canada)
.......................Saturday 7 Sep 2019

Forty Love....
I most loved when the umpire said "forty love"
to the best player ever,

40-0
then it could be ended or 40-40
that is deuce

if it´s set then
it can be 4-1 or
5-2
when it´s match
it looks like:
6-3,2-6,6-4
it´s called a long set
also could it be in straight sets:
6-4,6-2
this is about
lady´s single

man´s single is at least three sets
or 4 or 5 long sets

though the best, unwanted in the real match,
there are more unforced errors caused by the nerves.

The unforced errors go hand in hand with the forced errors

they all end
in a VICTORY for really the BEST
(in condition, in technique, in enduring the longest tennis strokes, being able to sustain the tennis strokes for as long as possible)

we can see: smiling, clapping and being applauded by the enthusiastic public,
while being interviewed by the tennis-federation.

the tennis-director shall hand over a great Champion Cup and the sponsor-director the money prize (2,5 millions US Dollars for the Champion)with a check (sponsor is Volvo, Mercedes or other car-brand)and bouquets of lovely flowers for the two ladies.

She is indeed the best, with the most winners on court,
the public can read the results on a big board,
in and outside the Suzanne Lenglen-stadium in Paris,
in summer on the gravels of Roland Garros,
followed by the most beautiful green tennis lawns
of Wimbledon (the main stadium)
and the clear blue coloured basic
of the US Open Arthur Ashe stadium,
the last battlefield of the Grand Slam tournaments,

these are the only battlefields ending
with no dead people being hit by bullets
but with the highest tennis-balls scoring,
richer in purse and happy in their faces,
since tennis is a healthy sport
makes one´s purse wealthy healthier....

By a former amateur tennis champion
(only the professionals get money as their prize,
the amateurs only get the title