Tennis participation, at least in the UK, is not under an immediate threat of collapse, nor is the sport alienating its fans.

Wimbledon has remained a quintessential part of the British summer since its inception almost 150 years ago, inspiring children to pick up tennis rackets and head to their local clubs each year.

Over the past five years, adult annual participation has grown by 48 per cent to around 5.5 million people, with just over 10 per cent of the adult population playing at least once a year.

Padel is exponentially growing across the world, with an estimated 30 million taking part, and uses the same scoring system, so the argument that tennis needs fundamentally changing to attract new fans is flawed.

Removing words that have become intrinsic with the sport like “love” or “deuce” would ultimately diminish some of the sport’s uniqueness. Plus, to suggest younger people are incapable of learning just a handful of terms is a slight to their intelligence.

Badminton and table tennis use a numbered scoring system, with matches played up to a certain figure. It is simpler, but they do not attract the same following or participation that tennis does.

A game in tennis, like the one in the Wimbledon final between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic in 2023 that lasted 26 minutes and felt like a microcosm of the match itself, is something worth cherishing rather than simplifying.

Netflix was Formula One’s tool to attract the next generation, so perhaps documentaries or social media should be where tennis shifts its focus, rather than trying to alter what has made it so successful: the game itself.