 "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 into the
opponent's
court. 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"
which has close connections to various field/lawn games
as well as to the ancient game of
real tennis. Up to then, "tennis" referred to
the latter sport: for example, in
Disraeli's novel
Sybil (1845), Lord Eugene De Vere announces that
he will "go down to
Hampton Court and play tennis. As it is the
Derby [classic horse race], nobody will be there".
After its creation, lawn tennis spread throughout the
upper-class English-speaking population before spreading
around the world" Source:
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