I LOVE PLAY TENNIS

HI  BOYS AND GIRS. ¿DO YOU KNOW ABOUT TENNIS?   TENNIS IS A  BEAUTIFUL SPORT. READ:

                                                                                                                        

                                       PLAY  TENNIS                                                                          

                                                               

 KEY FACTS:

•Venue:Wimbledon

•Dates:Saturday 28 july- Sunday 5 august

•Events:Men’s and women’s Singles and Doubles; Mixed Doubles

•Medal Events: 5

•Athletes:172 (86 men, 86 women)

The Basics:

•The Tennis competition at London 2012 will feature five medal events.

 Doubles will be making its first Olympic appearance since 1924.

•At Londo 2012,the Tennis tournament will be played ,with  the winners of the semi-finals in each event going head-to-head on Centre Court for the gold medals.

Did you know?

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The first tennis balls were made of wool or hair,wrapped up in leather. 

•The first tennis rackets were wooden, with strings made of sheep or bovine intestines.

•One theory behind the unusual scoring system used in Tennis relates to the presence of a clock on the court: some think that the clock hand was moved forward by 15 minutes to record every score.