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  2. Glossary of tennis terms - Wikipedia

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    Racket (or racquet): Bat with a long handle and a large looped frame with a string mesh tautly stretched across it, the frame made of wood, metal, graphite, composite, or some other synthetic material, used by a tennis player to hit the tennis ball during a game of tennis. [109] [110] Racket abuse (racquet abuse): When a player slams their ...

  3. Tennis shot - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Racket (sports equipment) - Wikipedia

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    Squash racket and ball Racquetball racket and ball. A racket or racquet [1] is an item of sporting equipment used to strike a ball or shuttlecock in a variety of sports. A racket consists of three major components: a widened distal end known as the head, an elongated handle known as the grip, and a reinforced connection between the head and handle known as the throat or heart.

  5. Tweener (tennis) - Wikipedia

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    The tweener or between-the-legs shot (also known as a hotdog) is a difficult tennis shot where a player hits the ball between his or her legs. It is typically performed facing away from the opponent, when the player attempts to recover a lob and has no time to turn back around, and hits the ball backward between their legs. Forward-facing ...

  6. Drop shot - Wikipedia

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    A drop shot is a shot in some racket sports in which the ball (or birdie) is hit relatively softly, sometimes with topspin or backspin, so that it lands just over and close to the net. A well-placed and well-timed drop shot will make it difficult for the opposing player to hit an aggressive or offensive shot in return.

  7. Tennis - Wikipedia

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    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. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the ...

  8. If you tear this ligament when playing tennis, it doesn’t ...

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    I’m a 52-year-old tennis player who developed right wrist soreness three weeks ago. The pain is on the part of my wrist where my little finger is. It hurts most while hitting a backhand.

  9. Serve (tennis) - Wikipedia

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    A serve (or, more formally, a service) in tennis is a shot to start a point. A player will hit the ball with a racquet so it will fall into the diagonally opposite service box without being stopped by the net. Normally players begin a serve by tossing the ball into the air and hitting it (usually near the highest point of the toss).