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Definitive proof of Ashe’s paramount position in tennis would be that he placed 1st at every tennis tournament he went to, and every tennis open there was.

I asked Emma Nuzzi what she thought her biggest accomplishment was, she replied with “I would say becoming a very good tennis player.” Emma Nuzzi started playing tennis at age twelve, which she thinks was a late age. When Emma was in the seventh grade she told her gym teacher that she wanted to play tennis she then replied to Nuzzi with “Maybe.”, this did not encourage Emma at the time because her gym teacher was the varsity tennis coach. Emma did not let this get to her too much because she practiced and became the player that she is today.

Roger Gentihomme was born in 1909, making him 107 today and he is an all-star tennis player. He tells us how he

While my athleticism developed, I neglected honing my mental strength, leading me to not achieve my potential during matches. Allowing my mind to dictate my emotions rather than produce strategies led to frequent defeats. However, with motivational tales recounted by my coach and plenty of work on my part, I gained the ability to focus and rise up to become a nationally competitive tennis player.

How many times have you driven past your local tennis courts and seen them filled with happy kids running around and smiling? Probably more than once. Tennis is a popular sport, played all over the world and loved by many. However, more people should play this wonderful sport. It can be played at any age, and at any walk of life, be ye teenager or 65 year old lady. In fact, everyone should play tennis due to its development of physical fitness, mental health, and social skills.

I remember him saying ‘Racquet back, turn sideways, step in when you hit the ball’ my dad said, I remembered those three fundamentals forever. Hi there, I'm Christine Marie Evert, most people know me as Chris Evert. When I was a child my 4 siblings helped me become who I am today and that's why I'm such a world wide known professional tennis player. But most of all it was my two parents, Jimmy and Colette, that made me who I am today. My parents also taught me how to raise kids of my own, which I had 3 children in fact. You're probably wondering how old I am, well right now I'm 63. I always loved Christmas and my birthday because I got a lot of presents because they were so close to each other as a matter of fact 13 days apart. I started

He participated in World Champions where he became the youngest player ever to win a World Championship title. He recorded a tournament-best eight goals and eight assists in nine games. Also, Crosby was named the tournament’s top forward. He was also named to the competitions all-star team (sidneycrosby.info).

Tennis is more than just a sport for Damien Heller-Chen, it is a lifestyle. When he was six years old, he got introduced to tennis and found it as a very enjoyable sport. Many sports are intense and competitive, which is why Heller-Chen chose tennis, as he fell in love with a less competitive sport. Heller-Chen enjoys the feeling of having control in the game. He feels empowered since he is center stage of the game and not on a team. Tennis takes dedication as he practices for eight to 14 hours a week at The Boars Head.

First, I would like to share with all of you what tennis is and what it’s like for the professionals and high school teams, to

“Over the course of the next few months I got weaker and weaker” (Lucas Boyd). Lucas Boyd went to high school in Fort Dodge, Iowa and was a star tennis player throughout his 4 years he went attended school. His freshman year him and his partner got sixth in the state at tennis, the next year his team got fourth and he played doubles with a different guy and they got fourth together also. In his junior year his team got third and he played doubles with his freshman year partner and they won state, then his senior year his team got second. During the senior year him and his partner decided to play singles instead of together, Lucas played his best tennis he had the whole year and beat his teammate, who was better than him, at districts to give

The son of two tournament lawn tennis players, Laver was introduced early to the game. Considered too small to become a good player, he began vigorous practice as a youth in the Australian outback. Rod laver was a talented tennis player at a very young age, and quit school to learn tennis He received his training from a legendary tennis player, Harry Hopman, in Queensland. In 1957, later on Laver won both the ‘Australian’ and the ‘US Junior’ championships.

Back-track to 1961; when Billie Jean King along with Karen Hantze Susman became the youngest duo to win the Wimbledon doubles title. At only eighteen years old Billie Jean King was making her name heard in the tennis industry. After that Billie Jean put her pro-tennis career on hold while she attended Los Angles State College. Billie Jean’s rise to fame took a giant leap forward after she captured her first major singles title, Wimbledon, in 1966. Soon after that; Billie Jean King became a household name and by 1967 she was the number one tennis player in the world.

Tomic’s action was so swinish that even Novak Djokovic, the entitled, weather complaining, women’s equal winnings bashing, best player in the world buffoon, realized it was wrong. On Tomic’s need for maturity, Djokovic said, "The sooner the better for him, because he is still relatively young and he can definitely be a better player and better ranked than he is now. Everybody knows that. He knows that. But he doesn't seem to really get things the right way off the court."

As we all know, America is a nation of sports enthusiasts. Most Americans participate is some kind of sporting event, either as a spectator or as a competitor. In the pantheon of great American sports, there is one that stands out. It has been called the great American pastime. Yes, that great sport known as tennis. Tennis requires a mastery of many skills to be able to play competitively, but the primary skill needed to win in tennis is the serve. The serve is the primary offensive weapon used I tennis, because it is the only time when a player gets to put a ball into play. The player controls the speed, the placement, and the spin of the ball. With proper procedure, the serve can win many points and games for the server. The technique

Tennis dates back many centuries ago, and is believed to be played by ancient Egyptians, Romans, and Greeks. It has evolved over the years, and today the tennis style is tremendously different from previous centuries. Many different tennis styles have been adapted over the years, and today tennis has become a more aggressive sport. It is very different from when the players use to ding the ball back and forth across the net. Today tennis is played with a lot more force and it has become a more engaging sport from the sport it used to be just a century ago. The William Sisters, Venus and Serena Williams, have had a huge impact on the game of tennis. When they peaked to fame it changed the way everyone saw the game of tennis.