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Additionally, matches can sometimes stall at an odd number with an even finishing round never being made and the match being considered neither completed nor failed due to a loss of communication. These include matches such as BMATF vs. Markie(2007, the second ever tennis match), NS2 vs. Markie(2012), dew vs. robochao1(2016) and SushieBoy vs. guysafari(2010), all matches that never received a Round 6. | Additionally, matches can sometimes stall at an odd number with an even finishing round never being made and the match being considered neither completed nor failed due to a loss of communication. These include matches such as BMATF vs. Markie(2007, the second ever tennis match), NS2 vs. Markie(2012), dew vs. robochao1(2016) and SushieBoy vs. guysafari(2010), all matches that never received a Round 6. | ||
Ultimately though, a match is traditionally considered "failed" when one or both players have lost the desire to continue a match and the agreed number of rounds is not reached, and every player in tennis comes to play at least one, and often at least a few failed matches throughout their tennis career. There is however no definitive time limit to how long a tennis match must take. | Ultimately though, a match is traditionally considered "failed" when one or both players have lost the desire to continue a match and the agreed number of rounds is not reached, and every player in tennis comes to play at least one, and often at least a few failed matches throughout their tennis career. There is however no definitive time limit to how long a tennis match must take. Metroid998 vs. AshcrementVII notably took an entire 5 years to complete, lasting from 2011's Round 1 to 2016's Round 6. dew vs. verity larsen(TheRazorEdge) additionally took 4 years to complete, lasting from 2012 to 2016. Whether or not a match fails depends entirely on the players involved and their willingness to continue the match. | ||
Etiquette is generally recommended when it comes to starting matches with people - like the game itself, communication is key. In the early days of tennis a direct challenge to a specific player would sometimes be cast without any prior planning to ultimately spotty success, and it was generally considered not the most popular way to start matches with people. Throughout Tennis's history, it has seen some players such as HerpyWhooves and autumnithink who were notorious for their habit of uploading serves to whoever they wanted as an opponant with no prior (or subsequent) communication whatsoever. While most of these serves were not volleyed, they on occasion were and did in fact blossom into full matches, such as autumnithink vs. CorruptionSound(2011) and HerpyWhooves vs. Gamebop(2011). It is still overall highly discouraged that one start matches with anyone this way however. | Etiquette is generally recommended when it comes to starting matches with people - like the game itself, communication is key. In the early days of tennis a direct challenge to a specific player would sometimes be cast without any prior planning to ultimately spotty success, and it was generally considered not the most popular way to start matches with people. Throughout Tennis's history, it has seen some players such as HerpyWhooves and autumnithink who were notorious for their habit of uploading serves to whoever they wanted as an opponant with no prior (or subsequent) communication whatsoever. While most of these serves were not volleyed, they on occasion were and did in fact blossom into full matches, such as autumnithink vs. CorruptionSound(2011) and HerpyWhooves vs. Gamebop(2011). It is still overall highly discouraged that one start matches with anyone this way however. | ||