Word: racket
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...just said, ‘When you fall off the horse, you get back on,’” Hall said. “Also at the time, I was playing with this little plastic junior racket. So I was like, ‘It’s the plastic.’ And my dad bought me a transition racket for in between junior rackets and normal rackets, and I thought I was a superstar...
...would have these marathon matches, and she had the worst temper,” Hall said of Elias. “At one point she threw her racket, and if I hadn’t ducked, it would have hit me in the head. The USSRA made her write me an official apology note...
Hall confesses to having a bit of a temper herself; she actually has permanent vein damage in her right leg from hitting herself with her racket during matches...
...second game, she fell behind 6-0 before rallying for three straight points. Yet she ultimately went down 9-3, often swinging her racket in anger at the referee’s calls...
...just one point in the first two games, but grittily fought back to top fellow freshman Jessica Tory in the final three games to win 0-9, 1-9, 9-4, 9-1, 9-3. Tory, who was visibly frustrated by the comeback effort, cursed loudly and threw her racket in disgust at the conclusion of the match...