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Autor: CCAA Pelotas | Publicado: 2011-08-17T23:08:00-03:00



Vocabulary


&nbsp;Tennis


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BASICS
&nbsp;Playerone of the people involved in playing a game, e.g. tennis player or football player&nbsp;Singlesa two-player game&nbsp;&nbsp;Doublesa four-player game&nbsp;&nbsp;Servea point begins with a player serving the ball. This means one player hits the ball towards the other player. (The serve must be played from behind the baseline and must land in the service box. Players get two attempts to make a good serve.)&nbsp;&nbsp;Serverthe player who hits the ball first for each point in a game&nbsp;&nbsp;Receiverthe player who hits the ball back after a serve&nbsp;&nbsp;Endseach side of the court (that begins with a baseline)&nbsp;&nbsp;Baselinethe line marking the front and back of a tennis court&nbsp;&nbsp;Netthe piece of material across the middle of the tennis court that divides the court in half&nbsp;&nbsp;Sidelinethe left and right edges of a tennis court&nbsp;&nbsp;Bouncewhen a tennis ball hits the ground, it goes back into the air - the ball has bounced. During a match, the ball often becomes less bouncy and needs changing for a new ball&nbsp;&nbsp;Ball boy/girlprofessional tournaments use young boys or girls to collect tennis balls during a game&nbsp;&nbsp;Ball changein tournaments the balls are changed after a certain number of games to ensure they stay as bouncy as possible&nbsp;&nbsp;Service boxthe area where players serve into&nbsp;

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SCORING
&nbsp;Gamea player wins a game if, generally, they are the first player to win four points&nbsp;SetGenerally, the first player to win six games wins a set&nbsp;&nbsp;MatchUsually, in men's tennis, the first player to win three sets wins the match. In women's tennis, the first player to win two sets wins the match&nbsp;&nbsp;Deuceif a score gets to 40-40, the score is called deuce - at this stage, the winner of the game is the first player to now win two points in a row&nbsp;&nbsp;Tiebreakif both players win 6 games each then there is a tie-break. In a tiebreak, the first player to win seven points, wins the tiebreak (note: like deuce, if both players get to six points, then the winner is the player who now wins two points in a row)&nbsp;&nbsp;Lovea score of zero points in a game or zero games in a set&nbsp;&nbsp;Match pointa player who only needs one more point to win the match is said to be at match point&nbsp;&nbsp;Allindicates the scores are level. For example, '15 all' means that both players have a score of 15&nbsp;&nbsp;Faulta serve which hits the net and / or lands outside the service box&nbsp;&nbsp;Foot faultthis happens when a server's foot touches the ground in front of the baseline or the wrong side of the centre mark (on the baseline) before the player hits the ball&nbsp;&nbsp;Letwhen a serve hits the top of the net and lands within the service box, it is known as a 'let' and the server must serve again&nbsp;


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TYPES OF SHOTS
&nbsp;Down-the-linea shot that travels parallel to and along the sideline&nbsp;Drivea hard, straight shot often used to pass an opponent at the net&nbsp;&nbsp;Drop shota gently played shot that just gets over the net so the other player can't reach it&nbsp;&nbsp;Ground strokea shot that is made after the ball has bounced&nbsp;&nbsp;Half-volleya shot hit just as the ball bounces&nbsp;&nbsp;Loba shot played deliberately high into the air to land at the back of the opponent's court&nbsp;&nbsp;Rallythe exchange of shots between players. A rally starts when the receiver returns serve and ends when the point is won&nbsp;&nbsp;Smashan overhead shot hit very hard, usually before the ball has bounced&nbsp;&nbsp;Stop volleya shot that slows the ball down a lot and makes it drop just over the net with very little bounce&nbsp;


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READING THE PRESS
&nbsp;The player posted his first winthis means that a player has won their first match&nbsp;&nbsp;Convert a pointthis means that the player won that point&nbsp;&nbsp;The courts were slowthis means the tennis balls did not travel as fast after they hit the ground&nbsp;&nbsp;I fancy my chancesa player thinks he has a good chance of winning a match against an opponent&nbsp;&nbsp;The underdogthe player that is expected to lose&nbsp;&nbsp;Hung on in the matchcontinued to win points to stay in the match even though it looked like the player should lose&nbsp;


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TALKING WITH FRIENDS
&nbsp;S/he will win because they are hungry for the titleif you say this you think that the player really wants to win the title&nbsp;&nbsp;My favourite is outthe person you really wanted to win has lost their match and is out of the tournament&nbsp;&nbsp;The player is at his peakif you say a player is at their peak, you mean they are playing at their very best&nbsp;&nbsp;Goran is a legend!!you think this player is very, very good&nbsp;&nbsp;Don't write that player offyou think that a player still has a chance of winning, even if they are not playing well&nbsp;&nbsp;The player has been given an easy drawthis means that the player only has to play against easy opponents to get to the final&nbsp;&nbsp;That player is out of formthat player is not playing well&nbsp;