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Tennis

Hi guys❗ Let me tell you that I like 🎾. I enjoy watching tennis matches on TV, especially the matches played in the Grand Slam tournaments. Do you like this sport❓ How many words and expressions related to tennis do you know❓

In case you can't remember some of them, don't 😟. I'll remind you the most well-known, they are:

Tennis /ˈten.ɪs/
A sport played between two or four 👨👩 on a court that involves hitting a 🎾 ball across a central net using a racket.

Tennis Player /ˈten.ɪs ˈpleɪ.ə/
A 👨/👩 whose job is to play 🎾 .

Tennis Ball /ˈten.ɪs bɔːl/
A small ball used for playing tennis.

 Racket /ˈræk.ɪt/
A piece of sports equipment used for hitting the ball.

Court  /kɔːt/
The court is a marked out area on the ground on which a sport, such as tennis, is played.

Service Box  /ˈsɜː.vɪs ˌbɒks/
The area where the 🎾 👨/👩 serve into.

Net  /net/
A rectangular piece of material made from string, used to separate the two sides of the court.

Tennis Match  /ˈten.ɪs mætʃ/
A tennis match is an organized tennis event between two 🎾 👨s/👩s or teams.

0  /lʌv/
A score of zero.

15  /ˌfɪfˈtiːn/
The score given to a 🎾 👨/👩 who has won one point.

30  /ˈθɜː.ti/
The score given to a 🎾 👨/👩 who has won two points.

40  /ˈfɔː.ti/
The score given to a 🎾 👨/👩 who has won three points.

Deuce /djuːs/
A tie that requires winning two points in a row to win the game.

Game /ɡeɪm/
A unit in scoring. A 🎾 👨/👩 wins a game after winning four o more points in a row.

 Set  /set/
One section of the match. A 🎾 👨/👩 wins a set after winning six or more games in a row.

Tie-break  /ˈtaɪˌbreɪk/
A period of extra play to decide which player wins the set after both players have won six games.

Match point /ˌmætʃ  ˈpɔː ɪnt/
The last point of the match.

Umpire  /ˈʌm.paɪə/
The 👨/👩 whose job is to watch the game and make sure that the rules are not broken..

Boy/Girl ball /bɔː ɪ bɔːl/ /gɜː l bɔːl/
A young 👦/👧 who callects the 🎾 balls during a match.

Let's practise❗
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