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Understanding the history of tennis
Tennis has its roots in the ancient game of handball, played in Greece long before the Christian era. During the Middle Ages became a game of batting the ball between two opponents and not against a wall. The name comes from the French "tenez", "take" or "ready." At first there were no limits and borders, but gradually a court was developed somewhat the shape of an hourglass, with a line drawn through the portion media is tightly.
The balls were at the beginning of leather and stuffed with hair.
The racquet developed in the following way: for protection of hitting ball, a glove was worn. Then, for added protection, cable wraps around the glove. Later, a long glove, or paddle was used. With the need a greater extent, the idea of a racquet evolved from the combination of paddle and cords.
In the Middle Ages, the game was brought to England, where he played by the nobility. The scoring system was so intricate that the common people could not understand, and the courts so expensive that only the rich had access to them. Not was not until 1874 the score was simplified and the game adapts to a single outdoor patio of grass.
The use of "fifteen", "thirty" individual points scorer etc can be explained as follows: the persecution, or works separately, scored 1, 2, 3, etc. Fifteen "chasing" law the player to a point, and the set consists of four or five points. This explanation is one of several proposals by historians and tennis seems to be plausible.
The term "love" which means "no account" originated from the phrase "for love", that is "safe" or "to nothing "was used since 1678 in connection with the practice of competitive games for the pleasure of playing. Then the" love "became the term used in whist, football, tennis, etc, which means "without results." The side that had scored any points is said to be "love."
After the punctuation and the rules have been simplified, tennis became a more universal game in England and France, spreading rapidly the colonies of those countries. Tennis was brought to the United States in 1875 by Mary Outerbridge after a visit to Bermuda, where the game was very popular. She brought rackets, nets and balls, and introduced the game to his friends in Staten Island where the soft grass pastures provide excellent ideal way to success. The game spread like trail of powder all over the east Cricket Club, tennis, and other English game to its members.
In 1881 the garden of the United States Tennis was formed in New York and Boston. Through this organization of the popularity of tennis spread rapidly. Relatively few of the tournaments in the United States is played on grass, yet all official tournaments, whether on clay, cement, asphalt or courts, are funded by the USLTA no city, state, sectional, and national tournaments played on different surfaces for men, women, children, young people. There are public park tournaments, intercollegiate tournaments, etc.
International competition consists of the Davis Cup Tournament, which originated in 1900. The Davis Cup has been around the world several times, held by Australia, France, England and the United States at various intervals. This competition is for men only.
The Wightman Cup matches consist of competition for women in England and the United States. This cup has traveled across the Atlantic many times, by the victorious team, to rest in his homeland until he returned to win the other team.
Most of the national tournaments in various countries are open to players from other lands, so sometimes we hear of an English, French, or American superstar won several national titles, in addition to their own country.
Often, the best players sixty-four make entries for the state, sectional or national tournaments are allowed to play. The rating of a player is their tournament record during the past year or in this tournament.
This is a brief history of the wonderful game of tennis. Now you can enjoy playing even more!
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