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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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bring up the chalk

Sports; Tennis

On a grass court the boundary lines are marked with chalk and when a ball hits one of these lines a bit of white chalk will go into the air, hence the name.

cement court

Sports; Tennis

See Hard Surface

center mark

Sports; Tennis

A mark on the baseline which shows where the Center Service line would be if it continued past the service line, which it does not.

center service line

Sports; Tennis

The line that separates the right service court from the left service court and the line that marks the area inside which a service must land if it is to be a legal serve. The ...

centerline judge

Sports; Tennis

The Centerline Judge's job is to make sure that serves land on the correct side of the center service line. If the ball is outside the line then the judge calls a fault. The ...

chair umpire

Sports; Tennis

The Chair Umpire is the man. He is in charge of the match, makes sure the rules of tennis are followed and announces the score after each point. He can reverse another judge's ...