TENNIS
Tennis, sometimes known as lawn tennis, is a sport in which two players (singles) or two pairs of players (doubles) use tautly strung rackets to hit a ball of a specific size, weight, and bounce over a net on a rectangular court. When an opponent fails to return the ball correctly inside the court’s permitted dimensions, a player or team is rewarded points. Tennis is organized and played according to rules set by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the sport’s global governing body.
Tennis is a sport in which two players (singles) or two pairs of players (doubles) hit a ball of a certain size, weight, and bounce over a net on a rectangular court using tautly strung rackets. A player or team is awarded points when an opponent fails to return the ball correctly inside the court’s permitted dimensions. The International Tennis Federation (ITF), the sport’s global regulatory body, sets the regulations for how tennis is organized and played.
Tennis may be enjoyed by players of almost any ability level, but top competition is a tough test of shot making and stamina, with a wide range of stylistic and strategic variety. It has evolved from its beginnings as a garden-party game for ladies in whalebone corsets and starched petticoats and men in long white flannels into a physical chess match in which players attack and defend, exploiting angles and technical deficiencies with strokes of varying tempo and spin. Annually, tournaments award tens of millions of dollars in prize money.
History Of Tennis
Tennis, as we know it today, did not look anything like it did when it was first invented in northern France in the 12th century. Instead than using a racket, it whacked a ball with the open palms of the hands. When basic rackets were created in the 16th century, the “royal tennis” (called in France as ” jeu de paume” – the game of palms) turned into a sport that closely resembled contemporary tennis after being accepted by the royalties and nobility of France, England, and several other European territories.
Professional clubs and huge courts sprung up all throughout Europe and the rest of the world as tennis grew in popularity and newly discovered lawnmowers (patented in 1830) allowed tennis courts to be moved to open grass fields. The “Four Majors” event was founded on the most prominent courts: Wimbledon (1877), the US Open (1881), the French Open (1891), and the Australian Open (1893). (1905). Professional tennis players founded the Davis Cup, a well-known annual competition, in 1900, and the Fed Cup, a more modern competition, in 1963.
Tennis had a reputation as one of the favored sports of upper/middle-class players from its formation until the mid-20th century, when commercial forces forced major tennis tournaments to open to both professional and amateur players.
Tennis is derived from the French word “tenez,” which is the plural imperative form of the verb tenir (“hold!”, “receive!”, or “take!”). This expression was used by the server to signal to his opponent that he was about to serve the ball across the court.
The word racket comes from the Arabic word “rakhat,” which literally means “palm of the hand.”
How To Play Tennis
The umpire tosses a coin to start a tennis match. The person who wins the toss has the option of serving, receiving, or selecting the side from which the match will begin. The serving player must stand behind his side of the tennis court’s baseline and within the center mark and sideline’s limits.
The server must toss the ball up with his non-playing hand and hit it with the racket before it bounces for a successful serve. To be considered a legal serve, the ball must cross the net and rest within the serving area, which is marked on the diagonally opposite side of the court. Each player is allowed two serves per point. A service fault happens when a player strikes the net or the ball’s first bounce occurs outside the serving area, and the server must serve again to start the point.
A foot fault occurs when the server’s foot touches the baseline or goes out of bounds on the sideline, resulting in a second serve for the server.
A double fault occurs when a player commits a fault on both his first and second serves, and the receiving player receives the point.
However, if a player’s serve lands within the serving area and strikes the net, the server will still have two serves to start the point. This is referred to as a “let” condition. For each point, the server must alternate between the tennis court’s vertical halves. When a server lands a legal serve and the receiver is unable to return the ball, it is referred to as an ace, and the server is awarded the point.