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A point is gained when a player is not able to return the
ball at all or he hits it out of the court. The ball is always served
cross court or diagonally. The overall goal of tennis is to gain
points to win games, sets and matches.
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Tennis is enjoyed by millions of recreational players and is
also a hugely popular worldwide spectator sport, especially the
four Grand Slams the Australian Open played on hard courts,
the French Open played on red clay courts, Wimbledon played
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on grass courts, and the US Open played also on hard courts.
Famous players are Peter Sampras, Steffi Graf, Serena Williams,
Mahesh Bhupathi and others.

Make reference
Study all the ‘sports’
entries in the dictionary.

Now fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the

appropriate form of ‘sports’ from the extract above:
1. “Why do you take it seriously? Lokesh has said it
...……...………..”

2. In olden days hunting was a………………………………
3. I hope,being a…………….…..........., you would lend me
your book.

4. Why don’t you watch TV? There is too much……..on
TV today.

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