Is a badminton net at the doubles sidelines higher than a tennis net at the centre?

Tennis is played with heavy rackets on a big court, and badminton is often thought of as the gentler garden game, so it is easy to picture the tennis net as the higher one. It is the other way round. A badminton net stands 1.55 m high at the doubles sidelines, while a tennis net is 3 feet, about 91.4 cm, at the centre of the court. The badminton net is about 1.7 times as high, more than 60 cm taller. The difference suits the games: a shuttlecock is often hit high and falls steeply, while a tennis ball travels low and fast and must still land in the court after clearing the net. Both rules say where the height is measured, because nets dip in the middle; this duel uses the badminton sideline and the tennis centre.