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FatcatXN Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

"big-serving" "run out a winner"

This is an excerption from a tennis news report.

Murray was strongly favored to beat big-serving Roddick in their semifinal at the England Club, but the American attacked the Scot's second serve and ran out a winner in four sets.

What does "be favored to beat big-serving Roddick" mean ?

"attacked the Scot's second serve" What does this mean?

"ran out a winner" what does this mean?

I totally got confused.
  

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FatcatXN What does "be favored to beat big-serving Roddick" mean ? It was thought very likely that Murray would be victorious against Roddick. "big-serving" Roddick refers to Roddick's powerful serve (the "serve" being the tennis stroke where you toss the ball up into the air and smash it at your opponent).

— Mr Wordy

  • FatcatXN What does "be favored to beat big-serving Roddick" mean ?
  • It was thought very likely that Murray would be victorious against Roddick.
  • "big-serving" Roddick refers to Roddick's powerful serve (the "serve" being the tennis stroke where you toss the ball up into the air and smash it at your opponent).
  • FatcatXN "attacked the Scot's second serve" What does this mean?
  • "the Scot" is Murray (he's from Scotland).
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FatcatXNWhat does "be favored to beat big-serving Roddick" mean ?
It was thought very likely that Murray would be victorious against Roddick.

"big-serving" Roddick refers to Roddick's powerful serve (the "serve" being the tennis stroke where you toss the ball up into the air and smash it at your opponent).
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