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real tennis

British

noun

Also called: royal tennis. an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled indoor court with various openings, a sloping-roofed corridor along three sides, and a buttress on the fourth side

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real tennis

As someone who isn’t a particularly fervent fan of even real tennis matches, I find fictional ones pleasantly untaxing.

From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

“I was more nervous there than any of my real tennis matches,” Fritz said.

From Reuters ● May 3, 2020

Group 2 features Dominic Thiem, John Isner, Diego Schwartzman and the David Ferrer, coming out of retirement from real tennis to make an appearance in the virtual world.

From Reuters ● Apr. 24, 2020

Known now as real tennis, it was a diversion for royalty and their minions in France, England and elsewhere during the Renaissance and beyond.

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2017

One of the real tennis tacticians, a man who is to-day a veteran of many a notable encounter, yet still dangerous at all times, is H. Roper Barrett.

From The Art of Lawn Tennis by William (Bill) Tatem Tilden

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