# Any tennis players here? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 24, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tennis-players-here/619804 "2012-04-24T13:38:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tennis-players-here/619804/1 "2012-04-24T13:38:42Z")
I play in a 4.5 men’s league. Just wondering if there are any others players here. ---
**Author:** ![phxjcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tennis-players-here/619804/2 "2012-04-27T23:20:57Z")
Played 100 years ago at that level in a league, ok actually it was 1989. Played [2nd] doubles only for the local Tennis Club, lost all but 1 match, which IIRC left us at 1-7, as there were four other clubs in the league and we played home-and away with each. Plenty of sandbaggers at that level–I was rated by USTA observers at the club. Guys that I played with at the club in my section of the ladder thought I should have played in the 3.5 league Liked the experience, but not the results. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tennis-players-here/619804/3 "2012-04-28T00:13:12Z")
Love to play, especially doubles. Follow the sport on TV extensively as well. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tennis-players-here/619804/4 "2012-05-03T16:44:59Z")
Only play casually, and it’s been almost a year at that. Would love to start up again. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tennis-players-here/619804/5 "2012-05-03T18:18:59Z")
I’m more like a 3.0 or 3.5, but I play singles every Sunday morning with a buddy of mine (who is about the same level), and I’ve been taking a (fairly casual) beginning tennis drill class weekly for two-plus years. It’s about the only form of exercise I’ve found that I actually enjoy, and despite having messed up my left knee when I first started playing, I play as often as I can. In fact, I’ll probably be buying a new racket this weekend. Oddly enough, I don’t follow professional tennis anywhere near as much as I used to.