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Tennis shots
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Tim Henman is a serve-and-volleyer well-known around the tennis community for his excellent “touch”. A competent tennis player has eight basic shots in his or her repertoire: the serve, forehand, backhand, volley, half-volley, overhead smash, drop shot, and lob. Other shots A volley is made in the air before the ball bounces, generally near the [...]
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Scoring in tennis
Sunday, May 10th, 2009
Score during Andy Roddick vs Cyril Saulnier at the start of the third set A tennis match usually comprises one to five sets. A set consists of a number of games, and games, in turn, consist of points. Matches consist of an odd number of multiple sets, the match winner being the player who wins [...]
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Play of a single point in tennis
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Peer Vs Chakvetadze The players (or teams) start on opposite sides of the net. One player is designated the server, and the opposing player, or in doubles one of the opposing players, is the receiver. Service alternates between the two halves of the court. For each point, the server starts behind his baseline, between the [...]
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Tennis court
Friday, March 27th, 2009
Tennis is played on a rectangular, flat surface, usually of grass, clay, or concrete. The court is 78 feet (23.77 m) long, and its width is 27 feet (8.23 m) for singles matches and 36 feet (10.97 m) for doubles matches. Additional clear space around the court is required in order for players to reach [...]
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Tennis
Saturday, March 7th, 2009
Tennis is a sport played between either two players (“Singles”) or two teams of two players (“doubles”). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a ball, a hollow rubber ball covered in felt, over a net into the opponent’s court. In some places tennis is still called lawn tennis to distinguish it from real tennis [...]
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