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  2. Serve (tennis) - Wikipedia

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    The kick (or topspin) serve is generated by tossing the ball over the head, then hitting it laterally on the server's non-dominant side brushing upward toward the dominant side. When hit correctly, the ball clears the net in a high arc with heavy topspin, causing the ball to dive into the service box. Upon hitting the surface of the court, the ...

  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. Glossary of tennis terms - Wikipedia

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    Heavy (ball): Ball hit with so much topspin that it feels "heavy" when the opposing player strikes it. Hit and giggle: non-competitive social tennis. Hitting partner (or sparring partner): specialist employed by a tennis player to practice strokes during training. Hold (or hold serve): To win the game when serving. Compare break.

  5. Tennis - Wikipedia

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    A serve (or, more formally, a "service") in tennis is a shot to start a point. The serve is initiated by tossing the ball into the air and hitting it (usually near the apex of its trajectory) into the diagonally opposite service box without touching the net. The serve may be hit under- or overhand although underhand serving remains a rarity. [92]

  6. 'Concerned' Djokovic prepares for Australian Open semi-final ...

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    The Italian is having minor issues with the second serve to the body and keeps hitting the net. De Minaur looks to win the game but overhits a forehand and sends the ball too long.

  7. Dick Wertheim - Wikipedia

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    Richard Wertheim (c. 1923 —September 15, 1983) was an American tennis linesman who suffered a fatal injury on September 10, 1983, during a match at the 1983 US Open. [1] He was injured when Stefan Edberg sent an errant serve directly into his groin. [2] Wertheim was sitting in a chair and officiating at the center line.

  8. Australian Open: Ben Shelton overcomes a couple of trick ...

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    Shelton, who is seeded 21st, closed the first set with a 144 mph (232 kph) ace, tied for the fastest serve at Melbourne Park over the past 1 1/2 weeks, and flexed his left arm after smacking a ...

  9. Pro Tennis Player Yulia Putintseva Booed For “Obnoxious ...

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    Tennis player Yulia Putintseva was booed for her unprofessional treatment of a ball girl at the US Open. The Kazakhstani star was losing the first set and going 4-2 down in the second against ...

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