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Tennis vocabulary
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How to play tennis

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Tennis is played on a rectangular (1) by either two people (singles) or four(doubles). (2) stand on opposite sides of a (3) and use a (4) to hit a (5) to each other. The player who hits the ball first is the (6) and the person who returns it is the (7) . The ball can only bounce once after it has been hit. If a player can’t hit the ball or hits it out of the
court, their (8) wins a (9) . The aim is to win enough points to win a (10) . The first person to win six games wins a (11) .The first to win two sets wins the (12) .

Love-15-30-40

Scoring in tennis is done like a clock.Love means zero. The first point is 15 and the second point is 30. The third point was originally 45 but is now 40. The game is won on the point after
40. If the score is 40-40, also known as deuce, one player must win by two points. The first of these points is called advantage.
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