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Center court is the main playing area in tennis and similar sports, typically the most prominent court at a venue where featured matches are held.
At major tournaments like Wimbledon, Centre Court (British spelling) is the stadium court where championship matches take place.
By extension, center court can mean being in the spotlight: She found herself center court in the controversy.
- serveAttend to needs
- ball tossThrowing a sphere
- ace serveUntouchable first delivery
- second serveTennis retry after fault
- foot faultIllegal serve positioning
stadium · baseline · net · arena · service box · championship · grand slam · forehand · drop shot · backhand · lob · tradition · spotlight · ball boy · smash · Wimbledon · royal box · grandstand
- tennisace, serve, forehand, backhand, volley
- venue seatingseats, grandstand, bleacher seats, box seats, reserved seats
- venuesarena, auditorium, stadium, theater, concert hall
- Australian Openhardcourt, Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer
- court markingsthree-point line, free throw line, baseline, sideline, end line
- neutral zonesbuffer zone, DMZ, demilitarized zone, no mans land, neutral zone
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