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Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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ad court

Sports; Tennis

the left side of the court of each player.

advantage

Sports; Tennis

This is the first point scored after the game had been tied at deuce and gives the advantage to one of the players. See Deuce.

advantage set

Sports; Tennis

an advantage set, as opposed to a "tie-break set" is won by a player/team having won six games with a two games advantage over the opponent(s). Final sets in the singles draws of ...

first serve

Sports; Tennis

A player has two chances to serve a legal serve at the start of a point. So the first serve will be hit hard with the hope it will be legal and hard to return. If the first serve ...

foot fault judge

Sports; Tennis

The foot fault judge watches to see if a player's foot crosses the baseline when they are serving. Player's feet must stay behind the baseline during the serve, and if they do not ...

fore hand

Sports; Tennis

A forehand shot means that the racket is off to the side of the player (as opposed to a backhand shot) and that the players palm is facing the way the ball will be hit.