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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crosscourt

Sports; Tennis

hitting the ball diagonally into the opponent's court

cross-over

Sports; Tennis

a player crossing the net into the opponent's court. It can either be done in a friendly fashion, or done maliciously thereby invoking code violation. The latter sporadically happens when it is ...

cyclops

Sports; Tennis

See Electronic Signaling:

Davis Cup

Sports; Tennis

An international, annual men's tennis competition in which teams from participating countries compete in a single elimination format with matches occurring at several intervals during the year

dead net (dead net cord)

Sports; Tennis

a situation when a player scores by inadvertently hitting the ball in such a way that it touches the upper cord of the net and rolls over to the other side; the player is said to have "gotten ...

dead rubber

Sports; Tennis

Refers to a Davis Cup match which is played after the victor of the tie has already been decided. Dead Rubbers may or may not be played depending on the coaches agreement to do so and are usually ...

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Sports; Tennis

a disqualification of a player in a match by the chair umpire, after the player received four code violations warnings, generally for his/her conduct on court