Real tennis
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Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis is derived. It is also known as court tennis in the United
Jesmond Dene jeu à dedans court in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, view toward service end
Racquets and white balls
Newmarket-Suffolk jeu à dedans court, view toward hazard end
Description of a real tennis court, 19th century
Tennis
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Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each. Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow r
Real tennis
…Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis (also called "lawn tennis") is derived. It is also known as court tennis in the United States, royal tennis in the United Kingdom and Australia, and…
French singles player Guillaume Rufin serves to Czech player Tomáš Berdych in a tennis match at the 2013 Australian Open.
Painting from Cremona in the late-16th century
Jeu de paume in the 17th century
Augurio Perera's house in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, where he and Harry Gem first played the modern game of lawn tennis