Tennis

 Tennis

What is tennis?

Tennis is a game with 2-4 players. There is a net and you have to hit over it. The first to 6 games wins the 1’st set. You will have to play at least 2 sets.

Players can’t hold the ball in their hands. Players cannot hit the ball twice. Players must wait until the ball passes the net before they can return it. A player that does not return a live ball before it bounces twice loses the point.

Score

Scoring Games, Sets and Matches

Tennis is a four-point game that must be won by a two-point lead. The name of these four points is love (zero), 15, 30, 40, and game. If the game is tied at 40, it extends until one player wins by a two-point lead. There are six games in a set and two or three games in a match.

Tennis Fun Facts

• Before tennis players used rackets, people would use the palm of their hands to hit the ball back and forth over the net. ...
• Before yellow tennis balls, they were white. ...
• The origin of the tennis term “love” is unknown. ...
• During a match, a player on average runs 3 miles. ...
• Racket versus racquet.

• Djokovic. Novak Djokovic. # 1 8,260. SRB. ...
• Medvedev. Daniil. Daniil Medvedev. # 2 7,990. ...
• Zverev. Alexander. Alexander Zverev. # 3 7,020. ...
• Nadal. Rafael. Rafael Nadal. # 4 6,435. ...
• Tsitsipas. Stefanos. Stefanos Tsitsipas. # 5 5,750. ...
• Alcaraz. Carlos. Carlos Alcaraz. # 6 4,773. ...
• Rublev. Andrey. Andrey Rublev. ...
• Berrettini. Matteo. Matteo
• Who invented tennis Major Walter Clopton Wingfield
  The inventor of modern tennis has been disputed, but the officially recognized centennial of the game in 1973 commemorated its introduction by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield in 1873. He published the first book of rules that year and took out a patent on his game in 1874.