The Game of Tennis Over the eight centuries before modern tennis was invented there was only one game called Tennis. ... Real Tennis is the name in the UK, Court Tennis in the USA, and Royal Tennis in Australia. ... The oldest Real Tennis court is located at Hampton Court Palace, originally built by King Henry VIII at about 1530. A Real Tennis court has a very different appearance from that of a modern tennis court. ... The object of tennis is to keep the tennis ball in play once it is served by one of the two sides. ...

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From this word, the players began to call this game royal tennis", and today it is known as real tennis". ... Real tennis courts were usually much longer but slightly skinnier than modern tennis courts. ... Real tennis is much different from modern tennis in style of play. ... One strange aspect of real tennis was the chase. ... In real tennis, the server did not necessarily change after each game, and theoretically one player could serve for an entire real tennis match. ...

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The oldest Real Tennis court is located at Hampton Court Palace, originally built by King Henry VIII at about 1530. ... Lawn Tennis is played on courts which can be made of grass, clay or even plastic. ... The scoring system is based on the presence of a clock face at the end of the tennis court. ... When there is a tie in tennis it is called duce. ... Schools are getting into tennis now too, students learn how to play and compete against each other. ...

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Tennis is a sport that many people have been enjoying for many centuries Over the last eight centuries before modern tennis was invented there was only one game called Tennis. As the popularity of the modern game increased, there had to be a name to distinguish "old tennis" from the new tennis. Real Tennis was the name they used in the UK, Court Tennis in the USA, and Royal Tennis in Australia. ... So why do many people either like to play or watch tennis? ... What ever the reason is many more people are playing tennis there days. ...

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But tennis is not what John enjoyed the most. ... He was forced to quit all sports though in 10th grade to further his career in tennis. ... He was sent to the Port Washington Tennis academy in 1962 where he improved by leaps and bounds. ... John got his first real job as a ball boy at a tournament that was played at the academy in 1963. ... That is more than any other tennis professional has ever accomplished. ...

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Form a strategic alliance and provide the Oasis software to the International Tennis Federation (ITF), United States Professional Tennis Registry (USPTR), United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA), and the United States Tennis Association (USTA). ... This application allows any organization, no matter how big or small, to create a real time ranking system based on their players and results entered in the system. ... GoTennis highlights both professional and amateur tennis news. TennisDirect Part of the MVP.com network, TennisDirect provides tennis equipment, apparel and acce...

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Increasingly, the popular image of tennis is becoming reliant on the sex appeal of players under the age of 20. ... Indeed, Anna Kournikova is a prime example of the production of a new tennis star, merging the role of tennis pro and supermodel in a sport where more people now watch matches on television more than in the stands. ... Kournikova is seen as exotic and alluring by the media and is represented as the supermodel of women's tennis. ... Concentration on the aesthetic qualities of the bodies of these women, distracts from, or silences, their real achievements as athletes. ......

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The words 'tennis' and 'golf' are very important. Tennis is a sport where athletes can play in doubles, or on the same team. ... The other sport they played together was golf and this has the same kind of connotation as tennis. ... Finally, games bring Holden and one other person he is connecting to away from real life for a small amount of time. ... This quote really expresses to the reader how there two come out of real life during their games sometimes. ...

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I met her in the beginning of 7th grade when I started going to the Cape Coral Yacht and Racquet Club tennis program for juniors. ... I became pretty good friends with her, but around the middle of the eighth grade year, I started to get a little lazier, and for some reason just stopped going to tennis all together. ... Around January of 9th grade, just before I came to Mariner, I started going to the tennis clinics again. ... It was easier to be more attracted to Brittany because of us going to the same tennis camp all summer, and seeing each other every day for about 7 ho...

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While I consider the former to be the major (if not only) real value of sports, the latter is, once thought about psychologically, quite sad. ... This actually has positive real-life side effects, like increased life-span, being able to work longer, etc. I must emphasize that, since this is the only real way to build strength (unless..I dunno...you take fun in lifting heavy boxes and carrying them around to increase strength, still branching off of weightlifting...), this is a very important aspect of sports. ... No, I am quite skinny, have already admitted I watch way too much sports, and...

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Some of the negative effects may be increased fear of being victimized by violence, self-protective behaviors and mistrust of others, and emotional desensitization toward real world violence. There were some games that were for pure entertainment and enjoyment, such as, Tennis and Ping-Pong. ...

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Guy Haines plays the part of the innocent protagonist who is suspected of a crime, the murder of his wife Miriam, when the real culprit is the antagonist Bruno Antony, a man that Guy met on a train. ... Another example of a suspense building technique is used in the scene of Guy's tennis match. ... Guy plays his tennis match aggressively trying to win in the first three sets. ... The scene goes on like that through Guy's tennis match, Bruno getting the lighter, and then both of them arriving at the amusement park. ...

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Forth, I will continue specifying the strategies using advertising campaigns for different activities: basketball, soccer, and tennis. ... This is the case of Nakata who is a real hero in the country. ...

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Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound (1968) uses both stage directions and repetition in unusual and funny ways. ... The Real Inspector Hound is a really complicated play that needs to be read again and again to be fully understood. ... The printed play of The Real Inspector Hound makes it more obvious that there is a frame or a mirroring of an inside and an outside play. ... When "[a tennis ball bounces in through the french windows, followed by FELICITY ... ]," for the second time, things are a little different because Birdboot is onstage. ... I think the stage directions m...

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Tindle also tells Wyke that he has told the real police how much of a psychopath he is. Wyke doesn't believe him and shoots him in the back with real bullets as he is leaving. ... A key to setting the mood of the play were placing of a chess set, backgammon, crossword cubes, tennis racquets, dominos, croquet mallets, and gold club throughout the stage. ...

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The grocery store is particularly important to the community as a place to buy cheap whiskey or "Old Tennis Shoes" as the people of Cannery Row portray it. ... "They finished the deal with dignity and Lee Chong threw in the quarter pint of Old Tennis Shoes. ... This is sort of like real life at it's best. ...

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The page is done in a real light gray with the camera a darker color of gray and black. ... In the Polaroid ad you have a picture coming from the camera of a little girl whose fingerprints are on the camera as where in the Canon ad it is a bright day outside and there was just a tennis match. ... This would be the little girls birthday party in the Baby Talk magazine and the tennis match in the outdoor magazine. ...

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Other Greek's disagree with the statement saying that "there's no real truth about how we ought to live "there's no virtue nor vice, no better nor worse living, no good nor bad, no beauty no hideousness. ... Being on the Hope College men's tennis team, I have made many true friends that I will keep in contact with throughout life. On top of the tennis team, I'm involved in the business club. ...

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What would they know about blood, sweat, and tears and being a "real" athlete?" ... That room was made for "real" athletes who needed bandages for bloody knees or elbows, ice, or massages for sore backs or ankles (McGraw 1). ... You think only men can compete and play a real sport?! ... So, if gold and tennis is a sport, why is cheering not?! Golfers and tennis players are not required to throw up stunts in just seconds, or throw back-hand-springs. ...

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And while on the topic of tennis, how can we forget to mention Anna Kournikova. ... This is the case for major tennis events like Wimbledon where women have always won less for an equal performance on the court. ... Another tennis legend, Martina Navratilova admitted she was gay during an interview with the New York Daily News. ... In October of last year, former NFL lineman Esera Tuaolo told ESPN The Magazine and HBO's "Real Sports" that he is gay. ...

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The image of the upper ("crust") class family - "the white clothed ones from tennis clubs"- is meant to portray another ideal of a family, however, the reality is the "boy puking his heart out in the Gents" showing that the family is just as dysfunctional as the rest of society. ... Larkin believed that in order for people to understand the real world, you must show them reality and they would truly understand rather than accept the idealistic form of the "Essential Beauty." ...

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In another story, a wife returns home from tennis to find her terminally ill husband has taken his life "she is unable to locate "undertakers" in the yellow pages and must look under "funeral directors." ... But the passionate attachment she forms for another of the home's inmates is certainly real, and is played out without shame in front of Grant. ...

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The French throne incidentally, denies Henry's hereditary right to ascend to the French throne and sends him tennis balls as an insult instead of a traditional tribute. ... This on screen marriage was duplicated in real life when Katherine (Emma Thompson) married Branagh. One of the real strengths of the film is its cast of accomplished actors. ...

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Dark - blue cloak with yellow stars over her shoulder, just like the real Virgin of Guadalupe has over her head, shows that Yolanda has conquered the superstitions and she does not have to cover her head any longer. ... Lopez is wearing tennis shoes, that symbolize the everyday life, and how it is affected by our ideas and perceptions. She loves running it gives her the adrenaline rush and of course we all know that running is easier in tennis shoes. ... On the real picture of Virgin of Guadalupe, the cherub is holding the saint Virgin on his wings, but in Yolanda's painting she has ru...

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The most recent attempt to increase testing was at the Australian Tennis Open where random drug testing was introduced. This was due to a recent request from tennis player Lindsay Davenport who called for more drug tests in tennis before the problem got out of hand (Blood Tests). ... In order to protect the health of our athletes, and to keep sports and competition real, the ban on drug use must be continued. ...

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