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See tennis strategy. [107] Return: Stroke made by the receiver of a service. [116] Return ace: Shot in which the opponent serves, the receiver returns the serve, and the opponent does not hit the ball. Rising shot: Shot in which the ball is hit before it reaches its apex; also hitting on the rise.
The Grand Slam tournaments, the Olympic tennis tournament, the Davis Cup, and the entry-level ITF World Tennis Tour do not fall under the purview of the ATP, but are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) instead and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the Olympics. In these events, however, ATP ranking points are ...
In tennis, a set consists of a sequence of games played with alternating service and return roles. There are two types of set formats that require different types of scoring. [1] An advantage set is played until a player or team has won at least six games and that player or team has a two-game lead over their opponent(s). The set continues ...
A rally in tennis is a collective name given to a sequence of back and forth shots between players, within a point.A rally starts with the serve and the return of the serve, followed by continuous return shots until a point is scored which ends the rally.
Madison Keys, the 2017 U.S. Open runner-up, has not played a real tennis match since January, so she was thrilled when a partial schedule was released for the sport’s true return after its ...
The ATP 500 tournaments (previously known as the ATP World Tour 500 tournaments, ATP International Series Gold, and ATP Championship Series) [1] are the fourth highest tier of annual men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam tournaments, ATP Finals, and the ATP Masters 1000.
A tennis tour (or tennis circuit) is tennis played in tournament format at a series of venues – a tour – over during a set period of weeks or months. Professional tour tennis is played globally with one season consisting of one calendar year. Several tournaments are held each week as players win prize money and earn ranking points. A player ...
The tournament was first held in October 2022 on a single-year license. [1] The tournament was set to return in 2024, [ 2 ] but was unexpectedly moved to Belgrade in August. [ 3 ]