Hard core sports fans are able to watch live tennis stream wherever they are in the world. All that is required is a computer and an internet connection. The 2011 French Open was broadcast for free by a major American television network.
Matches are streamed by both tennis-specific and general broadcasters of sport. Many web sites devoted to betting also display the game live. It is not difficult to find an internet site that shows this and other sports, often for free.
The game as we now know it originated in Birmingham, England in the nineteenth century. It was eagerly adopted by the English-speaking upper classes and then spread rapidly to the rest of the world. It is a summer Olympic sport, played in different countries every four years.
A match is played between two people (men’s and women’s singles) or four people (men’s, women’s and mixed doubles). A tennis ball, a racket and a net stretched across the middle of the playing surface are the only equipment that is needed. Players take turns hitting the ball back and forth and points are scored when an opponent fails to return a shot. The surface may be grass or tarmac. The first balls were composed of a piece of leather stretched around a ball of hair or wool. Today, they are mainly hollow rubber.
Rafael Nadal of Spain won the first men’s gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics that were held in Beijing. The women’s gold medal was won by Russian Elena Dementieva. The sport featured in the first ever Olympics held in Athens in 1896. British John Boland won the first gold medal for men’s singles. Women did not compete until 1900, when Charlotte Cooper, also from Britain, took home the gold medal.
It is now possible for people to watch the sport over the internet as observers, they may also tune in to free video lessons over the web. There are also still photographs and a wealth of written articles. Both beginners and advanced players may benefit from photo studies of Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic, for example.
In Great Britain, the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) serves as the governing body for the sport. Their mission is to promote the game and attract new players. Along with administration, they are responsible for training and developing players, both old and new. The LTA receives the bulk of its funding from the annual championships that take place in Wimbledon every summer in the month of June.
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