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Firstly, I'd like to give an overview of my talk. It contains the origin and development of tennis, tennis equipment, tennis court, tennis association, well-know events of tennis, Chinese tennis achievements and tennis terms.
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Right, let's start with the orign of tennis. The History of tennis game was developed from a 12th century French handball game called "Paume" (palm). In this game the ball was struck with the hand.
After some time "Paume" game produced handball "Jeu de Paume" (game of the palm) and there were used racquets. The game was first created by European monks for entertainment roles during ceremonial occasions and spread and evolved in Europe. It became very popular, especially in France, where was adopted by the royal family.
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Between the 16th and 18th centuries the game of the palm was highly regarded by kings and nobleman. The French players would begin the palm game by shouting the word "Tenez" (Play!). The palm game soon came to be called "real tennis" or "royal".
During 1530s, English king Henry VIII builds a tennis court at Hampton Court Palace (This court no longer exist but a similar court built there in 1625 and is in use until today).
Until 1583, the first racquet was invented in Italy.
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In1873, Major Walter Wingfield invented a version of Real Tennis called 'Sphairistike' that can be played outdoors on a lawn, and
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