net cord
Tennis court separator
A net cord is a shot in tennis or similar racket sports that clips the top of the net before landing in play.
The term also refers to the cord running along the top of the net itself.
A net cord can be lucky or unlucky depending on which side of the net the ball drops: She won the point on a net cord.
- tennisRacquet sport over net
- letGive permission
- serveAttend to needs
- second serveTennis retry after fault
- faultImperfection or blame
close call · tape · edge · drop · drop shot · lucky · replay · dribble · skim · nick · spin · point · rally · volley · badminton · shuttlecock · mesh · tight
shot location/trajectory
net cordbaseline
Standard for comparison
passing shot · groundstroke · lob · deep ball · service line
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