Saturday, 12 July 2014

The Fact about First tennis

The first tennis origin of tennis is still a debate. Some believe that the opinion of the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman has played a game that became the forerunner of first tennis. Images or representations regarding the games that resemble tennis has never been found, but a few Arabic words that come from the ancient Egyptians expressed as evidence. These theories claim that the word derived from the name of a first tennis Egyptian city, Tinnis, which is located on the banks of the Nile and the word racquet developed from the Arabic word for palm, which rahat.

Jeu de paume in the 17th century



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Most historians believe the origins of the ancient game of tennis is played in the north of France in the 12th century. The game was made ​​by hitting a ball using the palms. Louis X of France is one of the enthusiasts of the game Jeu de Paume, ("palm game"), which later evolved into  tennis, and he was noted to be a person who builds a tennis court in the room according to the modern style. Louis did not like playing tennis on the open court and ordered the manufacture of closed field indoors in Paris "around the end of the 13th century".Unfortunately, in June 1316 in Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, and after a special game exhausting, Louis wine drinking large amounts of cold and later died of pneumonia or pleurisy, although there are also allegations of poisoning. due to the death, Louis X became the first tennis player whose name is recorded in history.

First tennis use rackets came into use in the 16th century and the game began to be called "tennis", which comes from the old French term in tenez, which can mean "hold", "accept", or "grab", an interjection used by players who perform service aimed at his opponent. the game popular in England and France, although the game was only played indoors and at any time the ball out over the wall.
(Wikipedia.org)