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单词 groundstroke
释义

groundstroke

See also: ground-stroke

English

Alternative forms

  • ground-stroke

Etymology

ground + stroke.

Noun

groundstroke (plural groundstrokes)

  1. (tennis) A forehand or backhand shot that is executed after the ball has bounced once on the court.
    • 2009, January 25, “Bruce Matthews”, in Brave Sam Stosur wilts under Elena Dementieva:
      But each time Dementieva underlined why she holds such a lofty world standing by answering the challenge with those unerring groundstrokes, particularly the forehand, to hit back after dropping her serve.
    • 2011 July 3, Piers Newbury, “Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in final”, in BBC Sport:
      In a desperately tight opening set, the pace and accuracy of the Serbian's groundstrokes began to draw errors from the usually faultless Nadal and earned him the first break point of the day at 5-4.

Further reading

  • groundstroke on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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