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Definitions of tennis in various dictionaries:
noun - a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court
A game played with rackets and a light ball by two players or two pairs of players on a rectangular court, as of grass, clay, or asphalt, divided by a net.
By tennis we do not mean what tenetz or la paume meant but rather lawn tennis, a term first recorded around 1874, shortly after an early form of lawn tennis, descended from court tennis, was introduced.
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According to Guinness, this sport's fastest serve was 142 MPH, in 1997 |
Mitch Hedberg: "The depressing thing about" this Chris Evert sport is "no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall" |
Ilie Nastase, sometimes called "Nasty", led Romania to this sport's Davis Cup finals in 1969, 1971 & 1972 |
Bill Tilden popularized this sweater, a cream or white cable knit; it's also the sport he played |
In February Dwight F. Davis donated a silver cup to this sport |
First developed in France, the name of this sport comes from the word meaning "take this", as in try to hit it |
This sport's French Open is played on courts made of clay |
When dropped onto a granite block from 100 inches, this sport's white & yellow balls must bounce between 53" & 58" |
"Breakfast at Wimbledon" |
In tournament play, this sport's 2 1/2-inch diameter ball must be white or yellow |
Tennis description |
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Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. * Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. During most of the 19th century, in fact, the term tennis refer |
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