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Tennis : General > Equipments > Best Players
Tennis is a wonderful, simple sport. It is played by either two players (singles) or four (doubles) on a rectuagular court.. Players stand on opposite sides of a net and use a stringed racket to hit a ball back and forth to each other. Each player has a maximum of one bounce after it has been hit by their opponent to return the ball over the net and within the boundaries of the court.
The aim is to win enough points to win a game, enough games to win a set and enough sets to win a match.
Matches are usually the best of three (women) or the best of five sets (men), although some men's tournaments just play the best of three sets.
Shots in Tennis
A tennis player has eight basic shots to play as follows: the serve, forehand, backhand, volley, half-volley, overhead smash, drop shot, and lob
Serve
A serve or "service" in tennis is a shot to start a point. It is initiated by tossing the ball into the air and hitting it into the diagonally opposite service box without touching the net.
Forehand
For a right-handed player, the forehand is a stroke that begins on the right side of his body, continues across his body as contact is made with the ball, and ends on the left side of his body.
Backhand
For right-handed players, the backhand is a stroke that begins on the left side of their body, continues across their body as contact is made with the ball, and ends on the right side of their body.
Other Shots
A volley is made in the air before the ball bounces, generally near the net, and is usually made with a stiff-wristed punching motion to hit the ball into an open area of the opponent's court. The half volley is made by hitting the ball on the rise just after it has bounced, once again generally in the vicinity of the net.
Rules to play Tennis
The first player who wins four points first wins a Game. So if a player wins four points straight their scoring will go 15-0, 30-0, 40-0 then game.
But if both players win three points each (i.e. 40-40) which is called Deuce. Then the winner is the first player who then win two points in a row.
If Player A wins the next point the score becomes as 'advantage server' and if Player B wins the point the score becomes 'advantage receiver'. If the player at advantage wins the point, they win the game. If she loses it, the score goes back to deuce.
To shorten matches, players opt to play 'no-advantage', where the person to win the first point after deuce, wins the game.
The maximum number of sets in a match is five for men and three for women. Usually the first player to win six games wins a set but if the score becomes five-games-all, one player must be two games ahead to win the set.
The first player to reach seven points wins the tie-break and the set. But if the score reaches six-points-all, the winner is the first player to win two points in a row.