The Origins of Tennis

A The game of tennis has a very long history. It is officially still known as lawn tennis,' partly because it was originally only played on grass, and also to distinguish it from the older game known as 'real tennis,' from which the modern game developed. B Some people believe that the ancient Egyptians, Greeks,and Romans played various versions of tennis. No drawings or descriptions of any tennis-like games have been discovered, but a couple of Arabic words dating from ancient Eg...