Possible Clues:

• Get to Clare after tea and court her?
• Group round bar suffering reversal in game
• It has its faults
• Go to court for this
• Anyone for this bouncing fault reaching the net?
• Number, any number, is required for game
• Sent in (anag.)
• Sent in strangely to play the game
• Sets there at court at Clare after tea
• Game featuring matches and love