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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Spin produced by hitting over the ball, i.e. brushing the racket face up and over the ball, causing it to rotate forward.  5, record 1, English, - topspin

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Also refers to the stroke which not only imparts such a spin on the ball, it also causes it to dip in flight. Top spin is used extensively to pass opponents attacking at the net.  5, record 1, English, - topspin

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Warning : the term "overspin" in many contexts could also refer to "excessive underspin"-a completely different concept. The term "lift" is rarely heard today.  5, record 1, English, - topspin

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Backhand, forehand, heavy, one-handed, severe topspin.  5, record 1, English, - topspin

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 PHR

To apply, impart topspin. To hit a topspin.  5, record 1, English, - topspin

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 PHR

To put topspin on the ball.  5, record 1, English, - topspin

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Effet donné à la balle frappée par dessous de bas en haut, qui aura un rebond plus haut et plus long, car elle tourne sur elle-même dans le sens de sa course. Qualité passagère d'une balle qui a une forte rotation d'avant en arrière.  7, record 1, French, - effet%20vers%20l%27avant

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La raquette légèrement fermée en dedans pour coiffer la balle et lui imprimer un lift.  7, record 1, French, - effet%20vers%20l%27avant

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Le brossé permet [...] un meilleur contrôle de la distance car on peut même frapper fort dans la partie avant du terrain adverse comme lors d'un «passing shot» (ce qui est impossible sans le brossé).  3, record 1, French, - effet%20vers%20l%27avant

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Imprimer un (fort) effet brossé.  8, record 1, French, - effet%20vers%20l%27avant

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Acción de abajo-arriba que se imprime a la pelota. Se utiliza para controlar la pelota y para darle potencia al golpe.  1, record 1, Spanish, - efecto%20de%20rotaci%C3%B3n%20hacia%20adelante

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Existe naturalmente el efecto liftado, que es, como se sabe, el que produce un avance de la pelota en sentido de la misma dirección que va a llevar, que se origina al realizar una especie de raspado con las cuerdas en la pelota, de abajo hacia arriba; aquí, más que de abajo hacia arriba, es un poco de un lado a otro [...]  5, record 1, Spanish, - efecto%20de%20rotaci%C3%B3n%20hacia%20adelante

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Imprimir un efecto (liftado).  1, record 1, Spanish, - efecto%20de%20rotaci%C3%B3n%20hacia%20adelante

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Type of serve in which the player imparts a forward or overspin rotation to the ball causing it to bounce high after ground contact. The spin imparted by the racket is the opposite of what it would be normally.  3, record 2, English, - topspin%20serve

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Not to be confused with the "American twist (serve)","twist (serve)" or kick serve (=kicker), which is a topspin serve with an added "twist". The term "topspin serve" is a generic. One can deliver a "topspin serve" without it "kicking up" very high. "Kicker": slang. See also "high-kicking serve".  3, record 2, English, - topspin%20serve

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

For the topspin serve you throw the ball above your head, and bend your elbow sharply and bring the racket up so that the ball rolls across the short string and thus departs with topspin on it.  1, record 2, English, - topspin%20serve

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Perfectly-aimed topspin serve.  3, record 2, English, - topspin%20serve

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 PHR

Topspin serve jumps up.  3, record 2, English, - topspin%20serve

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Service brossé où la balle rebondit haut.  1, record 2, French, - service%20bross%C3%A9

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] dans un service lifté, après être [...] passée nettement au-dessus du filet, la balle retombe rapidement dans le court et dévie vers la gauche du relanceur en rebondissant haut.  4, record 2, French, - service%20bross%C3%A9

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Lanzamiento de pelota: a la izquierda. Trayectoria: Izquierda-derecha y de abajo arriba. Utilización: segundo servicio. Ideal para subidas a la red.  3, record 2, Spanish, - servicio%20liftado

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

El saque liftado es el saque más avanzado que hay en el tenis [...] es un saque complicado y que, normalmente, es utilizado por jugadores de torneos, sobre todo de torneos importantes, jugadores de primera. Se utiliza fundamentalmente como segundo saque; llamamos «saque liftado» a un saque que en realidad tiene distintos efectos.  2, record 2, Spanish, - servicio%20liftado

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A pitch with an overspin on the ball that makes it drop sharply and quickly.  4, record 3, English, - sinker

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Lancer où la balle décrit une trajectoire qui s'affaisse subitement.  4, record 3, French, - balle%20tombante

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Croyant venir une balle en zone des prises, il arrive souvent que le frappeur s'élance sur un tel lancer.  5, record 3, French, - balle%20tombante

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Type of underspin in which the ball appears to bounce back in the direction from which it came.  1, record 4, English, - excessive%20underspin

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The term "overspin" is usually used in reference to excessive underspin, although technically it could also refer to "topspin", but in practice it rarely does. Depending on surface and atmospheric conditions(i. e the wind), the chop and the cut(imparting spin horizontally under the ball rather than imparting spin vertically downwards as in the slice) can make the ball skid, bounce low or stop.  1, record 4, English, - excessive%20underspin

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Slice with excessive underspin.  1, record 4, English, - excessive%20underspin

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[Rotation si prononcée qu'elle] fait rebondir la balle en arrière, parfois jusqu'à repasser seule par-dessus le filet.  2, record 4, French, - effet%20r%C3%A9tro

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Amortir l'impact en cassant légèrement le poignet en arrière et en ouvrant un peu le tamis. Cela permet d'annuler la vitesse de la balle et de la couper pour lui imprimer un effet rétro (ou contraire) en lui donnant juste assez de puissance pour qu'elle aille «mourir» dans le court adverse.  1, record 4, French, - effet%20r%C3%A9tro

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A short approach shot of low trajectory usually hit from near the green.  2, record 5, English, - chip%20shot

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The chip shot is used when the ball rests a few feet from the green. ... The chip shot is made with a four, five, six ... iron. The choice of club depends on ... type of grass from which the ball is hit ... and the amount of green between the ball and the pin.  3, record 5, English, - chip%20shot

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT

The Rule places no restriction on when a player may have the flagstick attended, held up, or removed, so it is permissible, for example to have the flagstick attended for a chip shot.  4, record 5, English, - chip%20shot

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

It is normally hit with overspin or bite.  2, record 5, English, - chip%20shot

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Chip shots differ from pitch shots in that pitch shots are meant to have a higher trajectory that results in a shot landing closer to the pin and rolling just a bit. Pitch shots are typically played from farther off the green than chip shots.  5, record 5, English, - chip%20shot

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] le «chip» se joue à proximité du vert. L'outil idéal à employer peut varier entre un fer-4 et un fer-6, selon la position de la balle et la distance à parcourir entre la coupe et le bord du vert.  3, record 5, French, - coup%20d%27approche%20roul%C3%A9

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT

La règle ne comprend aucune restriction quant au moment où un joueur peut faire prendre le drapeau en charge, le faire soulever ou le faire enlever. Il peut donc demander à ce que le drapeau soit pris en charge lors d'un coup coché.  2, record 5, French, - coup%20d%27approche%20roul%C3%A9

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

On distingue le coup d'approche roulé (chip) et le coup d'approche lobé (pitch).  1, record 5, French, - coup%20d%27approche%20roul%C3%A9

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS

coché : terme proposé par l'Office de la langue française du Québec.  4, record 5, French, - coup%20d%27approche%20roul%C3%A9

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish