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Tennis — it is played in Chinese city (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tientsin

'chinese city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'tennis it is played' is the wordplay.
'is played' is an anagram indicator (letters playing around).
'tennis'+'it'='tennisit'
'tennisit' anagrammed gives 'TIENTSIN'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Another definition for tientsin that I've seen is " Chinese city".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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