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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]
FedEx(press), The King, The Maestro, God of tennis, The G.O.A.T = Roger Federer [46] Fiery or Fiery Fred = Fred Stolle [47] The Flying Dutchman = Tom Okker [48] [49] Fox, Carrot, Jannik The Merciless = Jannik Sinner; The Four Musketeers = Jean Borotra; Jacques Brugnon; Henri Cochet; René Lacoste; Fräulein Forehand = Steffi Graf [50]
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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 ...
Mar. 6—Minda Zetlin wrote a post for Inc.com about Serena Williams' press conference after the tennis legend's recent loss to Naomi Osaka in the Australian Open. Zetlin titled it, "In Nine Words ...
In some cases, the specific sport may not be known; these entries may be followed by the generic term sports, or a slightly more specific term, such as team sports (referring to such games as baseball, football, hockey, etc.), ball sports (baseball, tennis, volleyball, etc.), etc. This list does not include idioms derived exclusively from baseball.
Elina Svitolina started her French Open campaign with a win but wants more than “empty words” in support of Ukraine
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