ground stroke

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

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ground stroke

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

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ground′ stroke`

a tennis stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground.

[1890–95]

ground stroke

Any stroke played after the ball has bounced once on the court.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

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

Translations

ground stroke

n (Tennis) → colpo di rimbalzo

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The diagrams on these pages are defensive shots executed from the back quarter of the court taken off the back wall or a ground stroke off the floor.

To drive your game toward perfection, keep the ball out of the middle

She simply had too many ground stroke weapons for her shell-shocked opponent, who melted in the Wimbledon heat in the second set.

RAMPAGING RADWANSKA IS LOOKING

There was a time when Sue, Ginny and their fellow female ball-hitters didn't flash their bums - and grunt - every time they reached for a ground stroke.

It's pants, Venus

"The service and forehand ground stroke consistency was maintained after a simulated match in the bicarbonate trial.

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But she had no answer to Seles's ground stroke play.

SELES POWERS TO GLORY

In the second set her first-serve percentage was down at 40 and she paid the price, with Riske's flat yet precise ground strokes causing Barty all sorts of problems as the American emerged victorious to set up an enticing match against legendary seven-time champion Williams.

Barty's party ends early as Riske proves too great; WOMEN'S SINGLES

She stands nine inches shorter than Konta at 5ft 2in but packs a punch with her ground strokes and there was little to choose between the pair in a tight first set.

Konta has a scare but goes through; TENNIS

Bertens then made it six straight games to open up a 2-0 lead in the second set and, although Halep battled back to level it up, her opponent continued to hit the lines with her ground strokes to regain control.

Champ Halep loses top spot to Dutch ace; TENNIS

In Ladies singles, Noor Malik showed great display of ground strokes and outpaced experienced and former number one players Mahvish Chishti by 6-2, 6-4.

Noor Malik, Mehek, Sarah and Sara Mansoor win in Shehryar Malik Memorial Grass Courts Tennis Championship

In the third and final set, once again both players showed their excellent game by displaying powerful ground strokes of cross court and it was once again 6-6 and the outcome of the match was decided in the tie-break which Shamael managed to win.

Shamael upsets Heera to reach Federal Cup Tennis semis

Both Sankskar and Shlok were at their best plundering power-packed ground strokes as scores went neck-and-neck before Sanskar held his nerves to pip Shlok narrowly to win the men's title.

Tennis: Sanskar and Shlok share honours at ISC

"At the moment, you feel he is stuttering and thinking about so much, even in the basic ground strokes."

FED BLAMES FORM DIPS ON THE YIPS