When tennis started

French monks started tennis. when- 11th & 12th century. where- France, 900 years ago.

tennis facts.

1.Find a partner, a racquet, two cans of balls and an open court.

2.Warm up by hitting easy ground strokes from the baseline.

3.Serve from behind the baseline, starting just to the right of the center hash mark. If you step over the line before you hit the ball it is called a 'foot fault.' The ball must clear the net and bounce inside the opposite service box to remain in play. You are allowed two serve attempts, and if you miss both it is called a 'double fault,' and the point goes to your opponent. If you serve and the ball hits the net but goes in, it is called a 'let,' and you are allowed to serve again without having a fault credited to you.

4. Rally with your partner until one of you hits the ball deep (beyond the baseline), wide (outside the inner white singles sidelines), into the net, or the ball bounces twice. If any of those things happen to you, you lose the point.

Score games as follows, with the person serving calling his or her score first: Love (0-0), 15-Love, 30-Love, 40-Love (game point), and then Game. If points are tied at 40-40, it is called Deuce. You must score two points in a row from Deuce to win the game. If you score one point, you say, 'My Advantage,' and if your partner scores the point from Deuce, the server says, 'Your Advantage.' After Deuce, if you win only one point and your partner wins the next you return to Deuce.

The modern game of tennis originated in the United Kingdom in the late 19th century as "lawn tennis" which has close connections to various field/lawn games as well as to the ancient game of real tennis. Up to then, "tennis" referred to the latter sport: for example, in Disraeli's novel Sybil (1845), Lord Eugene De Vere announces that he will "go down to Hampton Court and play tennis. As it is the Derby [classic horse race], nobody will be there".^[1] After its creation, lawn tennis spread throughout the upper-class English-speaking population before spreading around the world.^[2]
The rules of tennis have not changed much since the 1890s. Two exceptions are that from 1908 to 1961 the server had to keep one foot on the ground at all times, and the adoption of the tie-break in the 1970s. A recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review technology coupled with a point challenge system, which allows a player to challenge the line (or chair) umpire's call of a point. Players have unlimited opportunity to challenge, but once three incorrect challenges are made in a set, they cannot challenge again until the next set. If the set goes to a tie break, players are given one additional opportunity to challenge the call. This electronic review, currently called Hawk-Eye, is available at a limited number of high-level ATP and WTA tournaments.

Tennis ball

A tennis ball is a ball designed for the sport tennis,the tennis ball is 6.7 cm long and is normaly bright yellow, but it can be any coler.Tennis balls are covered in tiny bits of fur on it.

Tennis raket

A raket is a raket with a handly and frame with an open hoop across which a network of cord is stretched titley.It is used for striking a ball in such games as squash,tennis and badminton.