mixed doubles

American  

noun

1. (in tennis) a doubles match with a man and a woman on each side.

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mixed doubles British  

plural noun

1. tennis a doubles game with a man and a woman as partners on each side

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Example Sentences

She said she is now training for a mixed doubles with her youngest son and preparing to cheer on her 12-year-old granddaughter at her second Hyrox Youngstars event on Sunday.

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There were close calls too, including two fourth-place finishes for Simpson in the downhill and super G, while the mixed doubles curling duo of Jason Kean and Jo Butterfield just missed out on the semi-finals and a place in a medal match.

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A new mixed doubles discipline has been added at these Games, which has increased the participation of women in the sport to 38% from 33% in Beijing.

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Great Britain's joyless start to the Winter Paralympics continued as wheelchair curlers Jo Butterfield and Jason Kean let slip their grasp on the mixed doubles semi-finals and missed out on qualifying.

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Meanwhile, in the mixed doubles event, British pair Jo Butterfield and Jason Kean take on world champions Japan at 13:35.

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