platform tennis

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Definition of platform tennis in English English dictionary

A variation of tennis played with paddles and a rubber ball on a raised wooden floor that is fenced with a wire screen, in which balls that have landed once inbounds and then struck and rebounded off the screen remain in play. Variation of paddle tennis, played on a platform enclosed by a wire fence. It was devised in 1928 in Scarsdale, N.Y., U.S. The short-handled oval paddles are made of perforated plywood; the balls are made of sponge rubber. The rules are the same as for tennis, except that balls may be played off back or side walls after first striking inside the court

Hyphenation

plat·form ten·nis

Turkish pronunciation

plätfôrm tenıs

Pronunciation

/ˈplatˌfôrm ˈtenəs/ /ˈplætˌfɔːrm ˈtɛnəs/