Do you know about tennis.

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two pairs each of two players. Each player uses a racket to hit a rubber ball. Objective of the game is to play the ball in a certain way so that the opponent is unable to return the ball.
Tennis is one of the Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all ages. This sport can be played by anyone, including people who use wheelchairs. Modern game of tennis originated from Birmingham, England in the late 19th century as "lawn tennis".
Tennis Regulation changed little since the 1890s. Two minor changes since 1908 until 1961 was the player who perform service (the first punch) must keep one foot remains on the ground until the service switch and the adoption of the tie-break system in the 1970s. The final addition is applied to professional tennis is a review of electronic technology.
Tennis is played by millions of people as a recreational sport and is also a popular sport worldwide spectacle. Four leading tennis championship is the Australian Open played on hard courts, the French Open is played on clay courts, Wimbledon played on grass courts, and the US Open played also on hard courts.

History.

Pioneer.

The origin of the first tennis is still a debate. Some opinions believe that the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans have played a game that became the forerunner of tennis. Images or representations regarding the game that resembles tennis has never been found, but some of the Arabic word derived from the ancient Egyptian period expressed as evidence. The theory states that the word is derived from the name of an Egyptian city, Tinnis, which is located on the banks of the Nile and the racket was developed from the Arabic word for coconut, namely rahat.

Most historians believe the origin of the ancient game of tennis is played in the north of France in the 12th century. The game was made by hitting the ball using the palms. Louis X of France is one of the enthusiasts of the game Jeu de Paume, ("game palms"), which later evolved into tennis, and he was noted to be the one to build a tennis court in the room according to the modern style. Louis does not like to play tennis in the open field and ordered the making of the field covered in the room in Paris "around the end of the 13th century". Unfortunately, in June 1316 in Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, and after exhausting one particular game, Louis drinking large amounts of cold wine and then died of pneumonia or pleurisy, although there were also allegations of poisoning. Due to the death, Louis X became the first tennis player whose name is recorded in history.
Rackets came into use in the 16th century and the game began to be called "tennis", which is derived from the French term long tenez, which means "bear", "thanks!", Or "grab", an interjection used by players who perform services aimed at the opponent.  The game is popular in Britain and France, although the game was only played indoors and the ball can come out at any time over the wall.

The origins of the modern game.

In the 19th century, tennis then raised again by the English nobility to build a country club facilities or tennis courts in the big house. Because at that time popular tennis is played on the lawn, then known as 'Lawn Tennis' or lawn tennis. At this time also began to emerge from vulcanized rubber ball which at the time was considered to reduce damage to the grass in the field without reducing the elasticity of the ball itself.

Lawn Tennis title comes from an Englishman named Arthur Balfour. Since the discovery of lawn tennis, people began experimenting with playing on other surfaces such as clay court (clay) and a hard court (cement). His tennis game writhing able to shift a game of croquet as a summer sport. The peak occurred in 1869 when one of the top UK croquet club, the All England Croquet Club, was not successful in attracting a lot of interest and try to include tennis as other sports. The result is a very successful club attracted attention mainly on the Tennis game until in 1877 changed its name to 'All Engand Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club'. This history continues as the location of the Wimbledon club housed in an increase in rent for the land which forced the club to earn more money than usual. Therefore, the club held the first tennis tournament at Wimbledon by forming a committee to hold a match and create a standard rule in this game. The tournament was attended by 20 participants with an audience of about 200 people and it is the forerunner of the Wimbledon tournament which is one of the prestigious tennis grand slam tournament in the world.

There are various types of games that are played using a racket and tennis today is one of the most preferred games. According to some historical records, the game uses a ball and racket has been played since before Christ, namely in Egypt and Greece. In the 11th century a type of game called Jeu de Paume, which resembles a tennis game now, has played for the first time in a region in France. Used balls wrapped with yarn hairy whereas only hand bat.
The game was then introduced into Italy and England in the 13th century and got a warm welcome in a short time. Many devotees turns between local people to this game. Since the development of tennis continues to rise to the countries of Europe.

Stringed racquet was first introduced in the 15th century by Antonio da Scalo, a priest of the nation of Italy. He wrote a general rule for all games that use a ball, including tennis. British magazine "Sporting Magazine" named this game as 'tennis' (lawn tennis). In the book "Book of Games And Sports", which was published in 1801, referred to as "long tennis". Tennis was originally a game high society. Famous lawn tennis in the days of Queen Victoria and emulated by the middle class, which makes it as a regular game.
The first tennis club was founded in France by JB Leamington Perera, Harry Gem, Dr. Frederick Haynes and Dr. Arthur Tompkins in 1872. At that time, referred to as pelota or tennis rackets lawn. In 1874 the game was first played tennis in the United States by Dr. James Dwight and F.R. Sears. Meanwhile, the All England Croquet Club has also been established in 1868. Two years after it opened its office in Worple Road, Wimbledon. In 1875, the club is also willing to allocate a portion of their land for a game of tennis and badminton. Accordingly, lawn tennis game rules written. United States established the first tennis club in Staten Island. Starting from there, the game of tennis in the United States growing by leaps and bounds. From there was born a lot of tough tennis player who controls the level of world tennis arena.
The first tennis championships began in 1877.

Regulation.

Field.

Tennis is divided in two by a net in the middle of exactly 91.4 cm high and 107 cm at the edges. Each half of the field of play is divided into three terms: a rear side and two front side (for service).
Field and some of its aspects are separated by white lines that are part of the field where the play tennis. A batted ball off the pitch (though not touching the line) is said to have come out and give the opponent a value.

Playing techniques.

Forehand:

A punch in which the palm of the hand holding the racquet face forward.
backhand:
A punch in which the back of the hand that holds the racket face forward.

Groundstrokes:

A forehand or backhand is done after the ball bounces once in lapanganmu.

Slice:

Forehand or backhand where the racket head is tilted slightly and was hit by swinging the racket from top to bottom.

Spin:

Forehand or backhand where the racket is tilted a little or a lot where if on ball will change direction (turning).

Dropshot:

A blow on the net and fell in the area of the opponent.

Smash:

A hard blow that hit a ball without touching the ground at the top of the head and directed into the opponent's field.

Lob:

A blow which struck the ball high into the majors next to the rear opponent.

Passing shot:

A punch where the ball through (not crossing over) the enemy near the net (see lob).

Volley:

Forehand or backhand before the ball bounces on the ground.

Tennis tournament.

There are several famous tennis tournament:

Davis Cup
Wimbledon (or the All-England)
French Open (or Roland Garros)
US Open
Australian Open.
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