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Tennis vocabulary

Khalid, Helen, Alice and Tim playing tennis

a player:
one of the people involved in playing a game, e.g. tennis player or football player

a line judge:
an official who decides if a ball has landed inside or outside the court during a tennis match

an umpire:
a person, who usually sits in a high chair at the side of the tennis court, and who makes sure that the rules of the game are obeyed. The umpire can overrule a call made by a line judge

a referee:
a person who overseas all aspects of play at a tournament including how the players behave, the coaches, spectators, and administrative crew

a coach:
a person who teaches people to improve at a sport. A coach who works with a professional tennis player will also usually travel with him or her the major tournaments and watch the player compete

a grand slam:
one of the four major competitions in professional tennis each year - the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open

a court:
a defined area where a tennis match takes place

a hard court:
a tennis court make of cement or asphalt. The Australian Open is played on hard courts

a clay court:
a tennis court made of crushed stone or brick. The French Open is played on red clay courts

a grass court:
a tennis court made of grass. Wimbledon in played on grass courts

serve:
a point begins with a player serving the ball. This means one player hits the ball towards the other player

an ace:
a type of serve which is so strong and fast that the other player cannot return the ball

crosscourt:
when the ball is hit from your side of the court in a diagonal line into the other player's court

in:
when the ball bounces inside the correct area of the court (usually marked by white lines)
out:
a shot that isn't 'in', i.e. that bounces outside the lines on the court

The match is ours
We will win the tennis match

Show no mercy
Be ruthless, don't be kind of sympathetic

hiding your light under a bushel (fixed expression)
keeping your good qualities, skills or abilities secret from other people

No point getting het up
It's useless being anxious or getting angry or upset