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For royal tennis? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

court

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This clue might be a double definition.

'for royal' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'tennis?' is the second definition.
(court tennis is a kind of tennis)

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(Other definitions for court that I've seen before include "Royal entourage" , "Woo - where tennis is played" , "Woo in legal arena" , "Risk incurring (misfortune)" , "The Yard" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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