If only you could get rid of the lines and the net in tennis, or opponents and even the umpire maybe, and just smash the heck out of the balls at, say … tin cans on a wall for target practice. For big money. And shaving cream sponsorship ads and fast cars and superficial flashy things. Then, I think, you might just have something…
Of course, I’m speaking entirely from the perspective of someone who was totally bad at tennis, but hitting balls waywardly without a care in the world for getting it ‘into the box of the floor’ was pretty good fun back in those old days.