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What is a groundstroke?

What is a groundstroke? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (tennis) A forehand or backhand shot that is executed after the ball has bounced once on the court.
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But players are not only pushing the limits on groundstroke pace.
She saves both with groundstroke winners, but the Belgian pounces on a third with a backhand return winner.
Russian star Kafelnikov thought he had driven a perfectly-judged groundstroke past the fifth-seeded Briton to save a break point at 3-4 down in the final set.
The two falls Li suffered also seemed to lead to a spate of groundstroke errors in the third set.
But despite 19 aces, Enqvist couldn't counter Kafelnikov's deeper, more reliable groundstroke game.
They rejoice after every groundstroke winner and rue every errant shot or missed first serve.

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