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Link-up showing attacking play in the tennis match? (7)

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network

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'match?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for network that I've seen before include "interlinked units" , "Trek now (anag.)" , "Arrangement" , "Linked stations" , "System of roads, etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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