Record what a tennis player hopes not to be (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
set down
'record' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for set down that I've seen before include "judge" , "player's position at Wimbledon, perhaps" , "position of losing tennis player" , "is allowed to alight" , "Snub" .)