salaam every1, how feels bored??..kai karoon???..lol…so wat r u thinking about???..
Me, well thinking about life and future plans…lol…sounds so boring, na…lol…tell me wat u guys r thinking abt at dis time…GO!!!..oh yeah also thinking if ui’m hungry or not…hmmmmm…
The first game of tennis originated in the 1100's or 1200's in France. The players batted the ball back and forth over a net with the palm of their hands. Major Walter Wingfield is the father of modern tennis. In 1873 he introduced the modern game and in 1874 he patented tennis equipment and rules for playing the game on grass courts. Tennis was introduced to the United States in 1874 by Mary Outerbridge. She was largely responsible for establishing the first court in the United States. This court was on the lawn of the Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club. Tennis caught on quickly and became a fast-moving game of skill.
How the scoring system evolved, has never really been known. It is thought that the term "love" probably comes from the French word l' oeuf, meaning "the egg" or "zero". A theory about the scoring comes from France, where the most common silver piece was worth 60 sous, and each of its four parts was worth 15 sous. At this time of the game, tennis was played for stakes, so points were worth 15, 30, or 45 sous. But, after coin denominations were no longer significant, 45 was shortened to 40 because it was easier to say.
To standardize the rules of tennis pertaining to scoring, equipment, and court dimensions, the United States Lawn and Tennis Association was established in 1881. It is now called the United States Tennis Association (USTA). The USTA follows rules and regulations set forth by the International Tennis Federation.
The four grand slams, or big tournaments of the year are: The United States Open, The French Open, The Australian Open, and Wimbledon. They are all two week long tournaments played throughout the year. The United States Open is played during the first two weeks of September. The French Open is usually played the last week in May through the first week in June. The Australian Open is usually played the last two weeks of January. Wimbledon is usually played during the last week of June through the first week of July.
cos_i_fly, ain’t you one of these flying balls payed with in tennis???
just asking, thanx for the free lecture, you got a busy mind guy!!
nope i ain’t gonna what i was thinking, secret, shhhhh
I am thinking of having lunch at Georges on top of the Pompidou Center and then maybe taking a stroll and do some shopping in the Marais, going home for a quick shower and change at my apartment in Ile St. Louis, before I have to do to dinner at 404.
lunch???it’s 4pm??? people don’t eat lunch at 4 pm in Paris, PD(no, I don’t mean that say peedee, plzzz) , it’s called “gouter”!!!
hmmm you rich guy I see!
Minah_pa, I don’t get that, can you explain to a non american girl please! i am thinking that you thought I thought bad about PD, but i was just not convinced he was really where he meant he was…
parisnoor, don’t listen to Minah. She is how do they say in American.. Tell you what, let’s have a drink tomorrow at Collette and then we can decide if you want to go for a day trip to Eze or should we just go to the beach house in Cap D’Antibbe.
nope, definitly not…I like young hard working men, euh man, “cyber mom” what do you think about it:http://www.paklinks.com/gs/showthread.php?t=186649 ??
plz what is a geezer? (i am thinking now that my english sux:( )
Cap D’Antibbe is at least 800km far from Paris!
where is Eze?? I am now thinking either I don’t know my country or you a newcomer in France…maybe not event in France!!
Eze is off the lower cornische in Cot D'zur between Nice and Aix. A great hilltop town, with fabulous views of the sea and also probably the best spice market in southern france. I usually go there from the hotel in St. Paul D'vence..you know the village perche next to Vence, where the Matisse chapel is.