Premise: "A middle-aged man is about to hit a tennis ball with his racket."
Hypothesis: "The man is near the racket."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise? Let's be accurate as possible and think first.

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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If they are about to hit a tennis ball they must be near a racket. Final answer: yes.