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Where tennis players should settle disputes? (3,2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

out of court

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'players should settle disputes?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'where tennis' is the wordplay.
'where' becomes 'outof' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tennis' becomes 'court tennis' (court tennis is a kind of tennis).
'outof'+'court'='OUT-OF-COURT'

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(Other definitions for out of court that I've seen before include "Without hearing" , "tennis ball may finish here" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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