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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let

Sports; Tennis

This refers to a serve that touches the net but still goes over the net and lands in the opponent's service box. The serve does not count and serve is re-taken.

let-check

Sports; Tennis

An electronic device attached to the net which detects lets by detecting vibration of the net. It is not uncommon for professional players to complain that the device is adjusted to too sensitive a ...

line judge

Sports; Tennis

There are four line judges. They sit behind the baseline, even with the alley far enough back so they would not be involved in the play of the game. They make calls of whether or not a ball lands in ...