The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 3 letter word TENNIS PRO
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TENNIS PRO
- Sportsman playing sport in poor 9? On the contrary
- Prison reforms attributed to figure in racketeer?
- Wrong bag turns up for sportsperson
- Another neon strip for Nadal
- Say Mankad is a spinner to play with
- Criminal sent in for playing and getting paid
- Federer perhaps, at first totally different in person
- May be sent in, for he is no amateur on court
- Prisonbreak by 10, with Cash perhaps
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The straight part
We know that "Sportsman" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sportsman = tennis pro.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.