lunes, 25 de febrero de 2013
TENNIS
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players (singles) or
between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a racket that
is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net and into
the opponent's court. The object of the game is to play the ball in such a way
that the opponent is not able to play a good return. Tennis is an Olympic sport
and is played at all levels of society at all ages. The sport can be played by
anyone who can hold a racket, including people in wheelchairs.
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 racquet sport of real tennis. During most of the 19th-century in
fact, the term "tennis" referred to real tennis, not lawn tennis: for
example, in Disraeli's novel Sybil (1845), Lord Eugene De Vere announces that
he will "go down to Hampton Court and play tennis."
Bibliografia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis
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