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Tennis call Don overturned (3,2)

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I believe the answer is:

not up

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'tennis call' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'don overturned' is the wordplay.
'don' becomes 'puton' ('put on' can be a synonym of 'don').
'overturned' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'puton' backwards is 'NOT UP'.

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(Other definitions for not up that I've seen before include "with tennis call" , "call in court" , "still in bed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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