Player of tennis match beginning to inspire artwork (8)
I believe the answer is:
graffiti
'player of tennis match beginning to inspire artwork' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'player of tennis match beginning to inspire' is the wordplay.
'player of tennis' becomes 'graf' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'match' becomes 'fit' (fitting is a kind of matching).
'beginning to' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'inspire' is 'i'.
'graf'+'fit'+'i'='GRAFFITI'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for graffiti that I've seen before include "act of vandalism?" , "Scribblings on public buildings" , "Drawing" , "Scribbled drawings in public places" , "Writing on the wall" .)