tennis

Noun
  1. A game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court (synset 100483309)
    associated with:
    • double fault - (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point
    • break, break of serve - (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
    • cut, undercut - (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
    • drive - (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
    • forehand, forehand shot, forehand stroke - (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
    • forehand drive - (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
    • serve, service - (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
    • fault - (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
    • exchange, rally - (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
    • match point - (tennis) the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis)
    • game - (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
    • ace - serve an ace against (someone)
    • drop one's serve - lose a game in which one is serving
    is a type of: court game - an athletic game played on a court
    subtypes:
    has:
    • footfault - a fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline
    • return - a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
    • service break - a tennis game won on the opponent's service
    • advantage - (tennis) first point scored after deuce
    • set point - (tennis) the final point needed to win a set in tennis
    same as: lawn tennis

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