Groundstroke

Quick meaning: Groundstroke is a noun meaning (tennis) A forehand or backhand shot that is executed after the ball has bounced once on the court.

Meaning

(tennis) A forehand or backhand shot that is executed after the ball has bounced once on the court.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Word Forms

• groundstrokes
• ground-stroke

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ground-stroke, groundstroking, backhand, backstroke, stroke, backswing.

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