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- adjective pertaining to a
grass tennis court - adjective skilled at playing on a
grass court
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Examples
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Or, at least, ejected from the women's singles to bring to an end what has been a fretful, sullen and - above all - bafflingly joyless shot at grasscourt glory.
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In the third set, despite injuring herself again which no-one saw! she was still able to overpower a rather good grasscourt opponent.
Wimbledon 2007: 5 Most Memorable Matches Ron Buckmire 2007
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In the third set, despite injuring herself again which no-one saw! she was still able to overpower a rather good grasscourt opponent.
Archive 2007-07-01 Ron Buckmire 2007
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Henin-Hardenne, who has yet to win Wimbledon, said she'll rest leading up to the grasscourt event and skip the warmup tournament in Eastbourne.
USATODAY.com - Henin-Hardenne dusts Pierce for French Open title 2005
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BIRMINGHAM, England — Second-seeded Patty Schnyder of Switzerland and third-seeded Russian teenager Maria Sharapova advanced Tuesday in the second round at the DFS Classic, a $170,000 grasscourt event.
USATODAY.com - Roundup: Agassi loses again in first round 2004
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Perhaps things will be different for the young Americans once the grasscourt season begins next month.
USATODAY.com - Next wave of U.S. talent washed out at Roland Garros 2003
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Grand Slam semifinals at the French Open; is not playing a Wimbledon prep event, but appearing in a grasscourt exhibition in Liverpool; produced his best effort at Wimbledon last year with a quarterfinal showing; captured his lone Grand Slam crown at the U.S.
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But the All England Club again took into account a player's grasscourt credentials rather than strictly following the tour rankings.
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Enters Wimbledon playing well, having earned first career grasscourt title at Birmingham, defeating Anastasia Myskina in final; after missing Australian Open, defeated Monica Seles in semifinals of
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Seles in the fourth round of the Australian Open; reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at the French Open, falling to countrywoman Kim Clijsters; was a semifinalist at Estoril, Portugal and Berlin and reached the quarterfinals at Hamburg, Germany; won her first grasscourt event in the Netherlands before appearing in her first
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