Sentence examples for tennis rule from inspiring English sources

In the "Rules of Tennis," Rule 8 states that "the server shall throughout the delivery of the service: not change his position by walking or running" and "not touch, with either foot, any area other than that behind the base-line within the imaginary extensions of the center mark and side-lines".

Standard table tennis rules apply; first to 11 wins a set in a best of five matches.

If you're swotting up on your tennis rules ahead of Wimbledon next week, you'll know that tennis balls used on the famous courts must bounce between 53 and 58 inches after being dropped onto concrete from a height of 100 inches.

Reisman shrugs in disgust at the thought of the current state of the game and, as he often does, hums a few bars of the Depression-era ballad "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" "Those times are gone forever," he says, thinking about the old Jewish neighborhood where a flair for table tennis ruled the streets.

But before the ball could reach her opponent, Williams yelled in celebration--a violation of tennis rules.

At the time, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was the governing body of real tennis, whose rules it had recently revised.

She declined to accept French Tennis Federation rules that she take part in Fed Cup play without her private coach — her father.

The first few seasons of open tennis were ruled by players who were products of the old system and reflected its behavioral standards and norms.

This produced more protestations from Gimelstob, who refused to continue playing until a referee from the United States Tennis Association ruled on the play.

More questions:​ Tennis: What rules would you change in the game?

I have no doubt that if Jennifer Capriati or Davenport had a sister who was as great as she was and they ruled tennis the way Venus and Serena rule, the embrace would be overwhelming and positive.