Know More About Tennis

If you are an outdoor game lover, you simply cannot miss the fun that is offered by a game of tennis. Tennis is an outdoor game that is played among two players or two sets of players (known as doubles) where a stringed racquet is used to strike a rubber ball so that it clears the net and falls in other person’s court. If we trace the history of tennis, it originated in the 19th century.

During those times, it was a royal game played by the members of aristocrats. However, with the process of time, such was the popularity of tennis that it soon became the part of Olympic game and is played at various levels of society. The huge popularity of tennis made it a profitable game that was the initiation of famous tournaments such as Grand Slam tours: French Open, Australian Open, U.S. Open and Wimbledon.

Tennis is basically played on a flat and rectangular surface that can range from hard court and clay court or grass court. The length of the court is 78feet and its width is 27feet. Incase of double matches, the width of the court is 36feet. The net stands at the centre of the base line so that the court is divided in two equal halves.

The height of the net is 3feet and 6inches and its height is 3feet. In terms of the surface, as stated above that tennis court is divided in three surfaces, clay court (red or green clay), grass court (as in Wimbeldon) and hard court that is made of concrete, basically it is made of Plexicusion and coated with asphalt.

Usually, clay courts are considered slow as there is more friction. This makes the ball slower and the player finds more difficulty in playing volley of shots. However, hard court is faster in comparison to clay courts. However, each hard varies from other depending upon the construction of the court such as low bounces, hard hitting and fast serving courts.

The game of tennis is based on the sets of rules where each win earns a single point. In this game, one player is server and the other player is receiver. However, for a clear service, the ball has to travel over the net and land in a diagonal service box of the opponent.

The game of tennis is based on point system that decides a set. In the game of tennis, first three points are described as love and the concluding points are known as 15, 30 and 40. When both the players gain three points, then the score card is deuce. In this case, any player who makes a winning shot has an advantage over his/her opponent.

However, apart from the basic rules of tennis game, there are various kinds of tennis match such as no-ad, pro set and match tie break. Tennis is a game that requires highest energy levels and amazing stamina so as to play some powerful tennis shots. Therefore, if you are looking forward to play the game of tennis, make sure you work on your physical fitness as well as improve upon your game so as to become a good player of tennis.

By: Bonun