Lawn tennis as a game of skillBlackwood and Sons, 1884 - 86 Seiten |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
advantage adver adversary back-hand back-line ball drops ball in play ball past ball served ball touch base-line begin centre chance course delivered your service difficult ball difficult service double game easy return extreme corner fault feint five games four-handed game front front-hand give ground heavy bat July July 30 June 18 June 24 ladies lawn tennis left court lose the stroke loses a stroke matches November 19 October 21 odds partner place the ball player win poaching Portland cement position put the ball racket remember return the ball right court Rule sary score as vantage score is called second game send the ball server service-line side-lines single game smash striker striker-out stroke given subsequent games TAKE A BISQUE take his bisque take your bisque tire toss umpire volley the ball volleyer volleying line WILLIAM BLACKWOOD Wimbledon win the set
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 72 - After a fault the server shall serve again from the same court from which he served that fault, unless it was a fault because he served from the wrong court.
Seite 73 - ... or if he touch the net or any of its supports while the ball is in play; or if he volley the ball before it has passed the net. 21. In case a player is obstructed by any accident, not within his control, the ball shall be considered a "let.
Seite 71 - The players shall stand on opposite sides of the net ; the player who first delivers the ball shall be called the server, and the other the striker-out.
Seite 73 - The server wins a stroke if the striker-out volley the service, or if he fail to return the service or the ball in play; or...
Seite 76 - Half forty is two strokes given at the beginning of the first game, three strokes given at the beginning of the second game ; and so on, alternately, in all the subsequent games of the set.
Seite 77 - In the four-handed game, the pair who have the right to serve in the first game shall decide which partner shall do so; and the opposing pair shall decide in like manner for the second game. The partner of the player who served in the first game shall serve in the third, and the partner of the player who served in the second game shall serve in the fourth, and...
Seite 74 - The player who first wins six games wins a set ; except as below : — If both players win five games, the score is called games-all ; and the next game won by either player is scored advantage-game for that player.
Seite 71 - At the end of the first game the Striker-out shall become Server, and the Server shall become Striker-out ; and so on alternately in the subsequent games of the set.
Seite 73 - Either player loses a stroke if the ball touch him, or anything that he wears or carries, except his racket in the act of striking; or if he touch the...
Seite 78 - Law 7, or if the ball served, drop in the net or beyond the Service- Line, or if it drop out of Court, or in the wrong Court.