Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In lawn-tennis, the player who receives, and if possible returns, the ball when first served.
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Examples
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The server wins a stroke if the striker out "volley" the service, that is, he strike the ball before it touches the ground; or if the ball is returned by the striker-out, so that it drops outside his opponent's court, the latter wins the stroke.
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The players stand on opposite sides of the net; the one who first delivers the ball is called the server and the other the striker-out.
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The server must wait until the striker-out is ready for the second service as well as the first, and if the striker-out claims to be not ready and makes no effort to return the second service, the server cannot claim the point, even though the service was good.
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The striker-out wins if the server serves two consecutive "faults," which consist in sending the ball to the net or outside the lines; or if the server fail to return the ball in play, the striker-out wins.
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