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TENNIS SLANG
Quotes from a tennis forum
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chad shaver04-14-2004, 07:32 AM
Sand-bagging is pretending to be a lower level player than you really are.
Poaching is when the player at net moves to volley a shot intended for his/her partner, to either win the point or put the opposing team on the defensive.
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Camilio Pascual04-14-2004, 12:18 PM
When one deliberately calls a ball of yours out when it was in, you've been hooked.
A hooker is a cheater.
A greaser is a pro who did something that would be cheating under amateur rules.
Such as what Henin did at Roland Garros.
So, she is not a hooker, but a greaser.
Being double bageled is losing a match 6-0, 6-0.
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MARK ANDERS04-15-2004, 12:52 PM
dirtballer= clay court specialist
banger=power hitter
pusher/dinker=no pace, slices,
(*****)hottie=think Anna K., Maria Sharapova...
moonball=high looping topspin shot
Jackass=think Conners, McEnroe, Mattress Mac...
schooled/smoked/toyed with=beat other guy badly
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Stitch62604-16-2004, 05:59 PM
Anyone use "shank" for mis-hits or framed balls?
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Max G.04-17-2004, 02:00 PM
Yeah, that's a "shank."
Also - sometimes people abbreviate "fifteen" to "five" when calling the score.
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BankOfDad04-17-2004, 09:43 PM
A 6-0, 6-1 score is "A bagel and a breadstick"
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joegerardi04-18-2004, 03:41 AM
This one's my own...
When you "shank" it, and it goes over the net with really weird spin,
I call that a "slopspin" shot.
See, it's not SLice, not tOP, it's SLOP....
uk_skippy04-18-2004, 10:59 AM
Here's some from the UK, well ones are club has used in the past...
A bandit is the same as a previously explained sand-bagger.
Tubing is to nail the guy at the net in his stomache
Smoked is when you burned someone with a passing shot
saying '5' instead of '15' when you call score.
Dropping the winning set score etc saying you won 5 and 4 means you won 7-5, 6-4.
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ncchetty04-19-2004, 02:44 PM
Another one which I learnt recently...
Jamming - To serve or return straight to the opponent's body
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Ace04-22-2004, 07:24 AM
DNR: (Did not return)....Not quite an Ace, but just as good."I served up a bunch of DNR's that game"
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