Tennis is a sport played with rackets.
Tennis is a sport played with rackets and a small ball . It can be played by two individuals (one against one) or two couples (two people against the other two). The objective is to hit the ball so that it goes over the net that divides the court in half, trying to prevent the opponent from being able to return it.
It is believed that tennis emerged in the 12th century in French territory. In those early versions of the game , the ball was hit with the hands. Starting in the 16th century , rackets began to be used.
Development of a tennis match
A match begins with a player's serve . You must hit the ball so that it bounces off a square that is diagonal, on the side of the field occupied by your rival. From then on, both players have to pass the ball over the net alternately. When a player fails to return it to the other side, his rival scores a point.
Scoring in tennis is divided into points , games ( games ) and sets . By adding four points, you get a game. These points are counted successively in the following way: 15 , 30 , 40 and game . If the competitors equal at 40, they must win two consecutive points to win the game . Then, when a player wins six games, they get a set . The winner of the match is the one who wins two or three sets, according to the characteristics of the tournament.
It is possible to play tennis on different surfaces.
Some curiosities about this sport
Other interesting facts about tennis we can say are the following:
-When it began to spread across the European continent, it became a sport that was only practiced by the upper classes of society.
-Since the Athens Olympic Games held in 1896, it has been considered an Olympic sport.
-Among the most relevant competitions in this discipline and with greater international prestige are Roland Garros and Wimbledon, for example.
-The record for the longest tennis match in history is held by the one between John Isner and Nicolás Mahut at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. Specifically, it lasted a whopping 11 hours and 5 minutes, being the first player who ultimately won.
– The male tennis players with the greatest number of Grand Slam titles are Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, while the female athlete with that record is held by Serena Williams.
-The only tennis player who has managed to win the four Grand Slams and the Olympic medal in the same year is Steffi Graff
-The fastest serve mark in the men's field is held by the Australian Samuel Groth, with 263 kilometers per hour, and in the women's field is the American Venus Williams with 209 kilometers per hour.
-Another significant curiosity about this sport is that the tennis player who has the record of having been able to win the same Grand Slam thirteen times is none other than the Spanish Rafa Nadal, who has become the undisputed king of Roland Garros.
How professional tennis is organized
The Association of Tennis Professionals ( organization known as ATP ) is the most important body for men's professional tennis.
The entity organizes a world tour (the ATP Tour ) that takes players to compete in different countries, adding points for a ranking (the ATP ranking). For women, the governing body of tennis is the WTA .