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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ITF

Sports; Tennis

the International Tennis Federation, the governing body of world tennis.

ITA

Sports; Tennis

the Intercollegiate Tennis Association [1], the governing body of collegiate tennis in the United States.

jamming

Sports; Tennis

to serve or return straight into the opponent's body

junk ball

Sports; Tennis

a deliberate yet poor quality stroke producing a slower and harder-to-predict return that is introduced deliberately to upset the flow of the opposition.

kick serve

Sports; Tennis

This is a serve that has a lot of spin on the ball, which makes returning the serve difficult.

lawn tennis

Sports; Tennis

"regular" tennis, as opposed to table tennis or real tennis, the game from which tennis is derived. Reflects the fact that the game was first played on grass.