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In which balls are hit in nets perhaps (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tennis

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'in which balls are hit' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'in nets perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in'+'nets'='innets'
'innets' anagrammed gives 'TENNIS'.

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(Other definitions for tennis that I've seen before include "Pete Sampras's sport" , "Sent in, strangely, for sport" , "Game played on court" , "McEnroe's game" , "Roger Federer's game - anyone for it?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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