Here is a handy list of excuses for the tennis player who runs out of excuses:

• I ate too much lunch
• I didn’t eat lunch
• I drank too much water
• I didn’t drink enough
  water
• The balls are too light
• The balls are too heavy
• The balls are too fuzzy
• We should have gotten new balls
• The net was too high
• The net was too low
• My racket kept slipping in my hand
• My favorite racket broke
• My opponent was too strong because he was ranked
• My opponent beat a buddy of mine; that’s why I lost