To approach tennis with ‘love’ may be dangerous if, as Oscar Wilde wrote, ‘each man kills the thing he loves’ – whether because that love is too obsessive or too critical. Many critics believed that ‘love’ in tennis was dangerous – that the very fact of this word being used in the scoring system rendered it unmanly. But love is also a hopeful word of celebration; and in the end, the point of writing about tennis is to celebrate the beauty, the glamour and the joy of this unique game. ― Elizabeth Wilson, Love Game: A History of Tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon

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To approach tennis with 'love' may be dangerous if, as Oscar Wilde wrote, 'each man kills the thing he loves' - whether because that love is too obsessive or too critical. Many critics believed that 'love' in tennis was dangerous - that the very fact of this word being used in the scoring system rendered it unmanly. But love is also a hopeful word of celebration; and in the end, the point of writing about tennis is to celebrate the beauty, the glamour and the joy of this unique game. ― Elizabeth Wilson, Love Game: A History of Tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon
To approach tennis with 'love' may be dangerous if, as Oscar Wilde wrote, 'each man kills the thing he loves' - whether because that love is too obsessive or too critical. Many critics believed that 'love' in tennis was dangerous - that the very fact of this word being used in the scoring system rendered it unmanly. But love is also a hopeful word of celebration; and in the end, the point of writing about tennis is to celebrate the beauty, the glamour and the joy of this unique game. ― Elizabeth Wilson, Love Game: A History of Tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon

To approach tennis with ‘love’ may be dangerous if, as Oscar Wilde wrote, ‘each man kills the thing he loves’ – whether because that love is too obsessive or too critical. Many critics believed that ‘love’ in tennis was dangerous – that the very fact of this word being used in the scoring system rendered it unmanly. But love is also a hopeful word of celebration; and in the end, the point of writing about tennis is to celebrate the beauty, the glamour and the joy of this unique game.
― Elizabeth Wilson,

Love Game: A History of Tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon

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