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ground stroke

n.
A swing of a tennis racquet at a ball that has bounced from the ground.
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ground stroke

n
(Tennis) tennis any return made to a ball that has touched the ground, as opposed to a volley
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ground′ stroke`


n.
a tennis stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground.
[1890–95]
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ground stroke

Any stroke played after the ball has bounced once on the court.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.ground stroke - a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once
return - a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"
volley - a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
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Translations

ground stroke

n (Tennis) → colpo di rimbalzo
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The forehand groundstroke is critical to tennis success (Johnson and McHugh, 2006; Reid et al., 2013) because it is the most frequently played stroke in tennis (Johnson and McHugh, 2006) and significantly influences match outcome.
She made the semi-finals of the US Open last year and, even though clay is not her best surface, she's a natural groundstroke player and is very light on her feet.
However, the percentage of groundstroke accuracy was significantly increased (P<0.05) and the percentage of groundstroke stroke error was significantly reduced (P<0.05) only in the On-INT group.
Rida dominated the match with her big serves and powerful groundstroke's and played consistent tennis to overcome Alina Aftab.
Djokovic upped his game to move 40-0 up and, after Nadal had saved the first three match points, the Serbian won it on his fourth by putting away a forehand when a Nadal groundstroke sat up nicely after hitting the net.
Switzerland's world No2 met the groundstroke bombs of the unseeded French challenger with a dazzling array of winners to take the 67-minute all- teenage final by 6-2 6-3.
According to Sport24, already the first Chinese singles player to win a Grand Slam, and now assured of a season-end highest-ever world ranking of at least number three, Li's latest victory was a reward for positive early groundstroke attacking from both wings and a ratio of unforced errors significantly lower than Kvitova's.
Groundstroke accuracy (range of shots) was assessed against a tennis ball service machine and service accuracy was determined using a scoring system developed by the researchers.
He served out the set as Federer put another groundstroke wide.
A mini fightback pegged the second-set deficit back to 5-2 before another Azarenka backhand groundstroke error saw Halep home in just under 90 minutes, keeping alive the Romanian's hopes of a maiden grand slam victory and an ascent to the world number one ranking.
The former world number six broke Lopez's serve in the third game, drilling a groundstroke directly at the 21st-ranked player as he moved forward, forcing him to parry the ball helplessly against the net.
Our research differs significantly from that conducted previously in that it observes a child's forehand groundstroke performance during two different scenarios: a standard ball and court condition and a modified ball and court condition.
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