What Hath Foer Wrought?

Not being a sports fan in the slightest, I'm utterly baffled by this. Tennis? Richard Just tries to explain:

In the wake of my boss Frank Foer's successful stint as a World Cup blogger, we saw a chance for TNR to corner the market on political junkies talking about niche sports. Plus, I'm on record within the office as sympathetic to Jon Chait's grievances against soccer, which I regard as a pointless, boring game. Here was a chance for TNR to weigh in on an international sport that's actually worth watching.

Worth watching? Maybe in a played-hooky-and-nothing's-on-but-Law-and-Order sense, but come on, people. The outfits are cute and all, but it's just a couple of folks batting a fuzzy green ball back and forth over a net. Didn't you all see The Squid and the Whale?