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crosscourt

[ kraws-kawrt, -kohrt, kros- ]

adjective

  1. (in racket games) directed to the diagonally opposite side of the court.
  2. Basketball. directed to the opposite end of the court.


adverb

  1. (in racket games) to or toward the diagonally opposite side of the court.
  2. Basketball. to or toward the opposite end of the court.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of crosscourt1

First recorded in 1910–15; cross- + court
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Bencic is hitting her low, flat groundstrokes confidently and the strength of her backhand - both crosscourt and down the line - particularly caused problems for Gauff.

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Raducanu saved a break point in the 11th game, set up match point in the next with a wonderful crosscourt forehand winner and clinched victory when Anisimova sliced a backhand wide.

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The guttural roar which greeted her winning crosscourt forehand on match point indicated Raducanu's satisfaction, as did the beaming smile across her face as she handed out high fives to the whole British team afterwards.

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At 2-2 in the fourth, while Musetti's level barely dropped, Djokovic drew on his many years of experience to find an extra gear and victory was wrapped up with a stunning crosscourt forehand return winner.

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Wainwright, also a Stanford commit, hammered a crosscourt kill to give the Tartans a 23-21 lead and they closed out the set on a roof by Beckett Harvey and Aidan McMahon.

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