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lawn tennis
noun
- tennis, especially when played on a grass court.
lawn tennis
noun
- tennis played on a grass court
- the formal name for tennis
Word History and Origins
Origin of lawn tennis1
Example Sentences
Padel is a racquet sport that uses the same scoring conventions as lawn tennis but is played on courts around a third smaller.
The forehand slice has been around since the beginning of lawn tennis.
But while grass court tennis is considered traditional — the sport was originally called lawn tennis, after all — Wimbledon’s offering of indoor grass court tennis is newfangled.
The lawn tennis association also announced executive pay cuts and employee furloughs.
The advert specified someone with good racket skills, and as I’d been playing modern lawn tennis since I was nine, and was the No 1 tennis junior in the state, I couldn’t resist.
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