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.
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.
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