Tennis
matches are not won with great shots. They are won with many, many pretty good
shots. It is like chopping down a tree. You don’t do it with one tremendous
stroke of the ax. You do it with the accumulated effect of many small strokes.
There is no three-point play in tennis, as there is in basketball. You can hit
the greatest shot in the world, and you still only get one point for it. And
you can nullify this in one second by making an easy error.
In order to
win, then, you must have more willpower and concentration than your opponent.
This keeps your error rate low. You will ultimately win when your opponent runs
out of willpower and his error rate increases.
