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The Tennis Service Whiff

On By Teresa Merklin

A whiff is when a player attempts to strike the ball in tennis, but fails to connect. This is not to be confused with a shank, which results when the ball connects with the racquet frame rather than the strings, scudding off in physics defying angles. There is nothing more ridiculous in tennis than the whiff.