Tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a competitive sport where players are seperated on a court by a net. The game is played one versus one or pairs of two on each side. Players use rackets to hit the ball to the opposing player/team's side of the court. The object of the game is to hit the ball in such a manner that one's opponent is unable to give a good return.

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Net

Sports; Tennis

The net is made of a thick mesh, which can be seen through. The net is held in place by two posts that are called Single Sticks. A metal cable runs from the posts to the net. These cables keep the ...

Match point

Sports; Tennis

This is the point that could win the match for one of the players.

Mixed doubles

Sports; Tennis

This is when a doubles match is being played by a team that consists of a man and a woman.

Line judge

Sports; Tennis

There are four line judges. They sit behind the baseline, even with the alley far enough back so they would not be involved in the play of the game. They make calls of whether or not a ball lands in ...

Lob

Sports; Tennis

A lob is a ball hit high in the air, at least high enough to get over an opponents head, and then it drops deep in the backcourt to score a point.

Winner

Sports; Tennis

A shot that scored a point for the player who hit it. The other player was not able to return the shot for whatever reason.

Western grip

Sports; Tennis

The western grip has the hand with the wrist almost horizontal with the grip of the racket so that the fingers are coming up and wrapping high around the grip. The forefinger is high up on the racket ...