Tennis

[Sarah]

A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motionby striking it with a racket or with the open hand. Shak.His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playingtennis, . . . were familiar to all London. Macaulay.Court tennis, the old game of tennis as played within walled courtsof peculiar construction; -- distinguished from lawn tennis.-- Lawn tennis. See under Lawn, n.-- Tennis court, a place or court for playing the game of tennis.Shak.

[Greta]

A game in which two or four players strike a ball with rackets over a net stretched across a court. The usual form (originally called lawn tennis) is played with a felt-covered hollow rubber ball on a grass, clay, or artificial surface.

[Becky]

Tennis in Tennis. Tennis is a racket game played on a court of two halves, separated by a net. It is played by individuals (singles) or pairs (doubles) whose object is to hit the ball over the net, landing within the confines of the court with the aim of preventing your opponent from being able to hit it back.