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It will always be one of my chief delights, in thinking of my tennis career, to remember the hospitality and many courtesies I have everywhere received, and the many friends I have made, who I trust will remain friends long after my tennis is a thing of the past It is extraordinary how naďve the general public sometimes are.

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  1. noun A game played with rackets and a light ball by two players or two pairs of players on a rectangular court, as of grass, clay, or asphalt, divided by a net. Also called lawn tennis.
  2. noun Court tennis.

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  • It offered an indoor version of tennis, a popular lawn sport among the upper-class, played with ad-hoc accoutrements in libraries or conservatories. —  Gamasutra Feature Articles
  • And given the lousy state of women's tennis -- no dominant No. 1, MIA divas and loads of injuries -- men's tennis is where it's at. —  Forty Deuce
  • Davis Cup plays a key role in the growth and future of tennis, which is what making this coming season more exciting and memorable. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Mini tennis is the modified version of tennis for younger or inexperienced players, in which all the skills. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Mini tennis is the modified version of tennis for younger or inexperienced players, in which all the skills and tactics of the real game is learned and used. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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  1. Middle English tenetz, tenyes, court tennis, from Anglo-Norman tenetz and Old French tenez, pl. imperative of tenir, to hold, from Latin tenēre; see detain.

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  1. Early modern English also tennise, tennys, tennes, tenis, tenys, tenyse; from Middle English tenys, teneys (Middle Latin tenisia; also teniludium, ‘tennisplay’); apparently of Old French origin, but no Old French term appears. The notion that the word is derived from Old French tenez, ‘hold’ or ‘take’ (i. e. ‘take this ball’), conjectured to be a cry of the player who serves, is purely imaginary, and it is inconsistent with the usage of the time (Middle English nouns were not formed offhand from Old French imperatives).
  2. from tennis, n.
 

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