Monday 23 April 2012

Olympic Tennis

Tennis is the game which is played in different category just like single , double and mixed events . Every player uses a heavy racket that is strung to strike a heavy rubber ball. The main purpose to hit the ball and over the net into opponents . Tennis appear at the first modern Olympic games in 1986. But dropped from the program after the Paris 1924 games . It returned 64 years later.
The first tennis ball was made of wool or hair ,wrapped up in leather . The first tennis racket was made of wooden, With string made of sheep or bovine intestine . In 1986 John Boland went to Athins to visit a friend ,who entered in the single competition , He won and added the doubles title measure .
Tennis is played on a rectangular ,usually grass ,plan and the hard courts .The court is 78 feet (23.77m) long And 27 feet (8.23) wide for single matches and 36 feet for double matches . The net is 3 feet and 6 inches (1.07m) High at the posts and 3feet (91.4cm) high in the center
A legal serve the opposite fail to touch the racket is known as ACE. The far boundary line at the end of the court is called BASELILNE. A hit high into the air and does not touch the opponents is known as LOB The fans can purchase tickets at Olympic Tennis tickets and Olympic tickets  from Global ticket market  

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