Sport magazine – Tennis

Tennis is a popular sport all over the world . This sport, was called the “white sport” was born in France , from a game called in french jeu de paume .

Those who played it were French monks who used to have fun hitting a wooden ball, using their bare hand. Later, they made leather gloves for the game.

Over time, with the improvement of balls and gloves, the game also became popular throughout the French kingdom, where it got its name. Because the origin of the name tennis is in the word “Tenez”, which means “get” in Old French . It came from the call of the players , who used to deliver the opening blow to their opponents.

At the time, it was the King of France, Louis the 10th , who was passionate about tennis. He was the first to build him a plot of land in the palace . At that time it was an indoor space, where tennis was played .

By the way, it is interesting to find out that it is possible that the roots of this French tennis are in the game of the Basque-Spanish “Pluta” . This game was born in the Middle Ages, somewhere around the 14th century, when solitary monks used to hit their hands with a ball made of old robes. This game is still played in Spain and also in US prisons, because it does not need bats for it, which can be used by prisoners for acts of violence …
Either way, in the following centuries the game of tennis became a hit in the courts of European kings. In the 18th century, Henry VIII, King of England, who was a true amateur, built the open courtyard of Hampton Court Palace. This court, which took the tennis out of the closed halls to the spaces outside, can be seen there to this day. It is considered to be the oldest tennis court in the world.

In the middle of the 19th century the first tennis club in the world was born in England. Inclusions have been added to it, including the addition of elements from the English “Rockets” game. At that time the rackets we know were also born.