what is an ace in tennis?
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An ace in tennis is a single-stroke point won by the server who produces a legal service that his opponent cannot reach with his racket and thus fails to return. By definition, an ace will not occur should the opponent touch the ball in any way, even if the return is illegal.\n\nIn professional tennis, aces are generally seen on a player's first serve, where the server can put maximum effort on power and take more chances with acute placement (usually the corners of the service courts and the centre serviceline). Sometimes a good server attempts an ace on a second serve, but it is risky.\n\nThe most common placement of an ace is a hard flat serve to either the middle or the corner of the service box, or a spin serve out wide such as a slice serve (to the deuce court) or a twist serve (to the ad court).
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On a tennis court with a net.
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Paddle tennis is a racquet sport invented in 1898 by Frank Beal. It is similar to tennis, but uses smaller paddles and a spongy ball. Like tennis, Paddle tennis is played in both singles and doubles, but each player is allowed only one serve. The game is best of three sets (first player or team to win two sets). Scoring is the same as in tennis.\n\nA somewhat similar game with the same name is played widely in the Spanish-speaking world, particularly Argentina. It is also called Padel.
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Justine rules!  Very consistent, number one on the ranking with the very least number of tournament played.\n\nAs for american player, there is Sharapova.  Not quite but otherwise the tennis world will remain american free for an other 3 years I would say.
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"Ace" is a capital name for a paintballer. After all, a pilot with the most kills is called an ace. Ace is the nickname for any topnotch individual in his field. Sure, Ace, be an ace paintballer and live up to the name.
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uh ya this is totally about basketball. go search in in tennis and maybe you could get a decent answer
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To put the tennis scoring system as simply as possible, one must win: \n\na. four points to win a game (15,30,40,game).\n\nb. atleast six games to win a set (with a difference of two or more between the game scores) Example below.\n\nc. two sets (or, more rarely, three) sets to win a match \n\nDeuce:- A deuce is any tie in the score starting with 40-40. This means that if the score is love-love, 15-15, or 30-30, it is not a deuce. But any ties after that are considered deuces.\n\nA player must win by two points. So, until a player scores two points in a row after a tie, the game continues. Each point after the deuce is called an advantage point. So, for instance, say the score is deuce, and the server scores. The score is now "advantage-in". (It would be advantage-out if the receiver scored). An advantage means that person only needs one more shot to win the game.\n\nWinning a set:-\n\nExample No.1:-\n\nPlayer A has won 5 games. Player B has also won 5 games.\nPlayer A or B have to win 2 more games inorder to win the set. Lets say player A wins two more games and his/her total is now 7 games. So he/she wins the set, with the score 7-5.\n\nExample No.2:- Player A has 6 games and player B also has 6 games and lets say its not the final set of the championship. Then it ends up in a tie break. \n\nA winner's match score appears in the newspaper as: 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(5). what do the numbers in parenthesis mean? \n\n\nYou'll notice that those numbers only appear when the set score is 7-6, indictating that the score went to 6-6, and a tie-break game was used to decide the winner of the set. In that game, the first to score seven or more points, and lead by two, takes the game. \n\nThe number in parenthesis is the number of points scored by the loser. In the above example, the first tie break game went to the loser of the match, by a score of 7-2, levelling the match at one set all. The third set tiebreak was won 7-5, ending the match. \n\nBecause the game has to be won by two clear points, the number scored by the loser can be any number. If it's more than five, the points scored by the winner is two points higher. For example, a (7) would mean the score in the tiebreak game was 9-7.
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I doubt there are any official safety rules in tennis.  Check usta.com.
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A Grand Slam is when a tennis player wins all 4 of the following events :\nAustralian Open \nFrench Open \nUS Open \nWimbledon \n\n The Golden Slam, or Golden Grand Slam, is winning all four Grand Slam tournaments, as well as the Gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics, in the same calendar year ( but we all know olympics are every 4 years ) The only person to win a GOLDEN Grand Slam is Steffi Graf
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On the mens side.- Ivanisevic, Nadal, Korda, Connors, McEnroe, Rios, Muster, Rusedski, and Laver to name a few.\nOn the womens side.- Navratilova, Seles, and Schnyder come to mind.
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I'm a former tennis umpire, and I've had numerous one-on-one discussions with Arthur Ashe. Arthur was a wonderful and very intelligent man, which I can tell you from personal experience is a very rare thing to find in tennis players.\n\nArthur's greatest weapon, by far, was his talented serve. He had great variety, and could hit it flat or curve it ultra-wide off the court. In fact, opponents never knew exactly where to position themselves to return his serve.\n\nArthur's next best shots were his slice Forehand and slice Backhand. He most often sliced and sometimes hit flat, although he would hit with topspin from time to time.
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The most popular tennis racquet is Wilson brand. Lots of high ranking professional players uses it.Tennis racquet have many types such as oversize frame for better slicing and returns control, thicker handles for power serving, squarish frame for angle shot etc. It is the feel and the approach of your game that determine which racquet to choose.\nOn shoe, most opt for Nike but it also very much depends on how comfortable you are with the shoes. Any tennis shoe that makes you feels great moving around and the feel of grip are good tennis shoes.
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I agree with nyyjeterlover02.\n\n1.  Force your opponent out of their comfort zone. \nThe person your most likely playing has a pattern, or a winning formula in which they unknowingly stick to.  May be they like baseline-baseline play only.  May be they ring around your shot to return the ball only with their power forehand.  In cases like this, either draw him toward the net with drop shots, or concentrate your shot to his backhand.  In addition, vary your shots with topspins, chops, angle shots, and see how he reacts to them.  This all of course is easier said than done, but doable.\n\n2.  Know your opponent as well as yourself.\nWith all due respect, your probably thinking that there is nothing about your game that is wrong.  How do you react in a pressure situation game?  What will you do when he rushes you at the net all of a sudden?  How are you going to counteract any power serves he has?  What are your strengths and weaknesses, and how can you capitalize/compensate for it?\n\n3.  Feel the center.\nFeel the center of your opponent and the tennis court, and feel the balance/imbalance of your opponent.  Is your opponent's momentum gaining or losing?  How will you respond?\n\n4.  Tennis is mental.\nMaster the mental aspect of tennis, and you'll see your game improve.\n\nBest
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well, i don't think you need such a thing. whenever problems of scoring occur in the tournament then you don't want to play in it. it's about the integrity of tennis; all people like chair umpire, linesmen, ballboys, scoringboys, players, they need to know the ethics of tennis, otherwise they don't deserve the place in tennis. if you are the event organizer, you might like to try to contact the ITF (itftennis.com) or ATP (atptennis.com) to look for such things.
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The Hawkeye system has yet to be endorsed by the ATP, ITF, and Players asociation as the authority on line calls.  The system uses several camera angles and computer imaging technology to "calculate the landing area of the tennis ball"  Line judges and governing bodies have said it performed very well but is not quite 100% accurate.  therefore on those really close line calls where half a ball length off is the margin of error for the machine.  Therefore those line calls where the ball is just touching the line falls in the margin of error for the system and can't be said with certainty if the call was right or not.\nHaving said that, it is at least as accurate as a linesperson and therefore is gaining additional support for professional use.
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Here is the answer to your question.  Tennis Players termed counterpuchers use the pace of their opponents to make their own shots more effective.  Counterpunchers usually have short compact swings and excel at blocking through the ball or slapping a hard shot back using technique rather than brute power.  Counterpunchers have very quick feet, they move to the ball early, and effectively make their opponents play an extra shot or two to win the point.  Counterpunchers are usually grinders which means they are most effective working their opponents to the point of exhaustion through long rallys.  This means counterpunchers are very fit and their game is predicated around playing high percentage tennis that reduces the number of errors during a match.  This style requires that their opponent must play at a high level and work by setting up the points.  An impatient player will have the most trouble against a counterpunching player because the increased risk of agressive play requires greater skill by limiting the number of errors during a match.  Patient players that are willing to rally while waiting for a short ball to attack or a ball to play an effective approach shot will have the most success against a good counterpuncher.  I could give you much more information, but most players would agree that these are the main points of identification of what it means to be a counterpuncher type player in tennis.
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Roger Federer \nhttp://www.atptennis.com/en/players/entrysystem/\n\nLindsay Davenport\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/statistics/1489277.stm