. The encyclopaedia of sport. ice-side of the court in the inner-wall, oppo-site the grille-wall, is called the dedans (F),along the back of which runs a stout net, behindwhich the spectators sit, in the room above-mentioned. Across the court, at a point equi-distant from the end-walls, and parallel ^ tothem, is hung a net (G), the height of whichshould be 5 feet at each end, and 3 feetat the middle. The half of the court be-tween the end-wall over the dedans and thenet is called the scn<ice-iide: the other half iscalled the hazard-side. On the service-side thegallery furthest from the net
. The encyclopaedia of sport. ice-side of the court in the inner-wall, oppo-site the grille-wall, is called the dedans (F),along the back of which runs a stout net, behindwhich the spectators sit, in the room above-mentioned. Across the court, at a point equi-distant from the end-walls, and parallel ^ tothem, is hung a net (G), the height of whichshould be 5 feet at each end, and 3 feetat the middle. The half of the court be-tween the end-wall over the dedans and thenet is called the scn<ice-iide: the other half iscalled the hazard-side. On the service-side thegallery furthest from the net is called the last-gallery, the one next to it the second-gallery,then comes the gallery called the door, andthen the first-gallery. In the space betweenthe first-gallery and the post to which one endof the net is fastened, stands the marker. Onthe hazard-side there are corresponding these the one which is most remote from thenet is often called the winning-gallery, be-cause a ball struck into it at once wins the. Fig. 2.—Tennis Court, looking towards the Dedans. Stroke, just as it wins it when struck into thegrille, or dedans. Turning now to the floor of the court, thefollowing lines painted on it deserve particularattention. (See ground plan.) The half-court-line, drawn parallel with theside-walls, dividing the court lengthways intopractically two equal parts. The service-line, drawn parallel with the end-wall on the hazard-side, at a distance of 21 feetfrom it. 460 THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPORT [tennis The pass-line, drawn from the service-lineto the end-wall, parallel with the half-court line,at a distance of 7 feet from it. With referenceto these lines, the service-court is the areaenclosed by the service-line, the pass-line, theend-wall, and the side-wall. 1 he pass-court isthe area enclosed by the pass-line, the service-line, the end-wall, and the main-wall. In addition to the above, lines are drawn onthe floor parallel with the end-walls, which aretermed the
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