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Real tennis (also royal tennis or court tennis): An indoor racket sport which was the predecessor of the modern game of (lawn) tennis. The term real is used as a retronym to distinguish the ancient game from the modern game of lawn tennis. Known also as court tennis in the United States or royal tennis in Australia. [113]
Glossary of tennis terms; A. Ace (tennis) B. Bagel (tennis) Ball boy; D. Dead rubber; Debenture (sport) Disqualification (tennis) Double fault (tennis) G. Golden set ...
The tennis scoring system is a standard widespread method for scoring tennis matches, including pick-up games. Some tennis matches are played as part of a tournament, which may have various categories, such as singles and doubles .
Paula Badosa and Stefanos Tsitsipas watch the action in the Eisenhower Cup Tie Break Tens event featuring mixed doubles during the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 5, 2024.
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each ().Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court.
Defending champion and No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner easily dispatches host country's last hope; Ben Shelton takes on-court interviewers to task.
Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara rallied from losing a contentious first set to win the Australian Open men's doubles title 6-7 (16), 7-6 (5), 6-3 over the Italian pairing of Simone Bolelli and ...
A serve (or, more formally, a service) in tennis is a shot to begin the point. The most common serve is used is an overhead serve.It is initiated by tossing the ball into the air over the server's head and hitting it when the arm is fully stretched out (usually near the apex of its trajectory) into the diagonally opposite service box without touching the net.