Collocations for "tennis"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tennis" in context.
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tennis
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- plays tennis
- want to go play tennis?
- beat me at tennis
- watch (a game of) tennis
- are out playing tennis
- [clay, hard, grass] -court tennis
- table tennis
- am [great, terrible] at tennis
- always [win, lose] at tennis
- won the grand slam of tennis
- a tennis [ball, racket, court]
- is a tennis player
- wearing tennis shoes
- the school's tennis club
- suffering from tennis elbow
- the [Olympic, Wimbledon] tennis champion
'tennis' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Spain
- ace
- advantage
- bad
- ball
- baseline
- beat
- challenge
- champion
- championship
- clay
- colleague
- court
- crotch
- dig
- dust
- encouragement
- fault
- grand
- grass
- gravel
- humble
- in
- indoor
- juggle
- junior
- kind
- lame
- lawn
- let
- level
- lively
- love
- major
- match
- mean
- mesh
- mixed
- natural
- open
- out
- outdoor
- pair
- partner
- player
- promising
- racket
- rally
- ranking
- retirement