Thirty Love

CHAPTER ONE

Time never runs out in tennis. It’s one of the few sports in which the clock ticks up instead of down. As long as the match is still in action, it’s never too late to win. And yet, Leo Chambers, tennis’s top-ranked American man, has an innate fear of time running out.

“What will you be thinking about or, you know, reminding yourself of, as you hit the court at the US Open next week?” That’s the question Paul has just asked Leo, no doubt hoping that he’ll talk about being aggressive on court, playing first-strike tennis, the typical stuff.

Leo wants to scream, “I’ll be thinking about that big blue piece of confetti!