Tennis

In tennis, you may compete against a single opponent (singles) or against a pair of opponents (doubles). Tennis is a racquet sport in which two players compete against one other (doubles). In tennis, each player uses a tennis racket which is tied with string to hit a hollow rubber ball that has been coated with felt over or around a net and into the other team's territory. The goal of the game is to manipulate the ball in such a way that the opponent is unable to return it in a legal manner. Players that are unable to return the ball lose a point, while the opposing player earns a point for their efforts.

Despite being an Olympic sport, tennis is enjoyed by people from all walks of life and at all ages. Anyone who is able to grip a racket may participate in the sport, including those who use wheelchairs. Lawn tennis was the name given to the contemporary game of tennis when it was invented in Birmingham, England, in the late nineteenth century. In addition to being closely associated with field (lawn) games like as croquet and bowls, it was also closely associated with the earlier racket sport known today as genuine tennis. In reality, throughout most of the nineteenth century, the name "tennis" referred to traditional tennis rather than grass tennis.

Since the 1890s, the rules of contemporary tennis have remained mostly unchanged. There are two exceptions: from 1908 to 1961, the server was required to maintain one foot on the ground at all times, and in the 1970s, the tiebreaker was used for the first time. The implementation of electronic review technology in conjunction with a point-challenge system, known as Hawk-Eye, has been a new addition to the world of professional tennis. Hawk-Eye enables a player to protest the line call of a point, which is a mechanism that was previously unavailable.

Tennis is a leisure activity that is enjoyed by millions of people throughout the globe, and it is also a popular spectator sport all over the world. Grand Slam tournaments (also known as the Majors) are particularly popular, with the Australian Open (which is played on hard courts), the French Open (which is played on red clay courts), Wimbledon (which is played on grass courts), and the US Open (which is also played on hard courts) being the most well-known.