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(“tennis” is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (‘doubles’))
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Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent’s court.
The object of the game is to play the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return.
The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.
Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages.
The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users.
The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as “lawn tennis“.
(it had close connections both to various field (“lawn”) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport of “real tennis”)
(during most of the 19th century, in fact, the term “tennis” referred to real tennis, not lawn tennis: for example, in Disraeli’s novel Sybil (1845), Lord Eugene De Vere announces that he will “go down to Hampton Court and play tennis”)
(the rules of tennis have changed little since the 1890s)
(two exceptions are that from 1908 to 1961 the server had to keep one foot on the ground at all times, and the adoption of the tiebreak in the 1970s)
(a recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review technology coupled with a point challenge system, which allows a player to contest the line call of a point, a system known as ‘Hawk-Eye’)
(‘tennis’ is played by millions of recreational players and is also a popular worldwide spectator sport)
(the 4 ‘Grand Slam’ tournaments (also referred to as the “Majors”) are especially popular: the ‘Australian Open’ played on hard courts, the ‘French Open’ played on red clay courts, ‘Wimbledon’ played on grass courts, and the ‘US Open’ played also on ‘hard courts’)
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*TENNIS*
mother as tennis enthusiast
mike (+ friends) first to take tennis lessons
jeff alexander
(black guy)
(private tennis lesssons)
(copper springs)
(then he started making house visits)
mike pirigyi
zach schuman called jeff alexander a ‘nigger’
alex kenwell accused jeff alexander of child molestation
always promised to enroll us in tournaments
(he never did)
(was he really magic johnson?)
(he was a narcissist)
mother asked him about the race of the women he dates
(he told her he stuck to black women to make things easier)
mike destroys mother in tennis
(she can’t return his serves)
3-0
prince tennis rackets
(i was more interested in the tennis racket as a guitar symbol)
age 8:
backyard tennis court
ball machine
games to six
‘love’ for ‘zero’
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈☜*“INDIVIDUAL SPORTS”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥