Getting To Know Field Tennis Sports, Regulation, Calculation Of Scores And History Of The Victorian Age
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YOGYAKARTA - Tennis lapangan menjadi salah satu olahraga bola kecil yang banyak dimintai orang. Olahraga ini dimainkan menggunakan bola dan racket dan dilakukan di lapangan dengan pembataran berupa net. Sport tenis lapangan memiliki sejarah panjang, serta peraturan-aturan khusus dalam memainkannya.

Field tennis can be a sport choice of various ages, both children and adults. However, this sport is mostly played by adults. There are those who play just for hobbies, but there are also those who become tennis as professional careers.

Field tennis is easy to play by obeying certain rules. Just like badminton, this sport can be played by individual men's and women's doubles, women's and mixed doubles. But the racket used in tennis is bigger and stronger than badminton rackets. Then what are the rules for playing tennis?

Field tennis has a long history to its existence today. The word tennis comes from the French 'tenez' which means'ready' or 'work'. Tennis is believed to have been played in the pre-massist period. However, based on the oldest records, this sport has existed since the 11th century.

At first, tennis was popular with the name tennis tug or grass tennis. This sport was played by women in the Victoria era (1820-1914) in the field with a grassy surface

At that time, French citizens often played de gaming or the game of the palm of the hand. How to play this sport is similar to modern field tennis. The game began to spread to other countries in Europe in the 13th century and was favored by nobles and kings. Meanwhile, the famous racket was introduced for the first time in Italy in the 15th century.

In 1868, the All England Croquet Club tournament was founded at Wimbledon, England, which was the beginning of the formation of a tennis organization. Wimbledon's most prestigious tennis championship began to be held in 1877.

Just like any other sport, tennis field has special rules. Every tennis player must obey the rules during tennis.

In the field tennis sport, the score count is divided into points, games, and sets. Players who managed to outperform the highest number of sets will be declared winners.

The number of sets in the tennis field varies from match to match, depending on the provisions of the organizing committee. Some use 3 sets of systems in one match, some use more sets. Players who manage to win the most number of games will be declared the winner of the set.

Determination of game scores using numbers, for example 7-5 or 6-2. If the player gets 6 points, then he wins 6 games. To be able to win the game, players must be able to collect as many points as possible.

The points obtained in tennis are not calculated using numbers 1 to continue to big numbers. The field tennis uses the first, second, and third points calculation system. The first points are 14, the second points are 30, and the third points are 40.

If the player manages to reach 40 points and then he can get 1 point, then he will win the game. Meanwhile, the winner is the player who won 6 games first, with a minimum lead on a two-game difference from the opponent.

That's the rules and scores in tennis. Field tennis has a long history of being able to survive and be loved until now.

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