Umdlalo wetenisi

Itenisi ngumdlalo webhola, odla ngokudlalwa phakathi kwabadlali ababini abangatshatanga okanye indibaniselwano yababini ababini. Umdlali ubetha ibhola yetenisi ngerakhethi yetenisi phezu kwenethi enkundleni yetenisi. Injongo yomdlalo kukwenza kube nzima ukuba umdlali ochasayo akwazi ukuyibuyisela kuye ibhola ngokufanelekileyo. Abadlali abangakwaziyo ukuyibuyisela abayi kufumana amanqaku, ngelixa abachasi beya kufumana amanqaku.

Itenisi ngumdlalo weOlimpiki wabo bonke abantu abakudidi lwentlalo nabo bonke ubudala. Nabani na onokufikelela kwirakhethi angawudlala lo mdlalo, kuquka nabantu abasebenzisa izitulo ezinamavili.

Imbali yoPhuhliso

Umdlalo wanamhlanje wetenisi waqala eBirmingham, eNgilani ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-19 njengetenisi yelawn. Unxulunyaniswa ngokusondeleyo nemidlalo eyahlukeneyo yasentsimini (i-turf) efana ne-croquet kunye ne-bowling, kunye nomdlalo wakudala we-racket owaziwa ngokuba yitenisi yokwenyani namhlanje.

Enyanisweni, phantse yonke inkulungwane ye-19, igama elithi tennis lalibhekisa kwitennis yokwenyani, kungekhona kwitennis yasendle: umzekelo, kwinoveli kaDisraeli ethi Sybill (1845), uLord Eugene Deville wabhengeza ukuba “uza kuya eHampton Court Palace aze adlale itennis.”

Imithetho yetenisi yanamhlanje ayitshintshanga kangako ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1890. Ezi zinto zimbini zazingatshintshwanga zazisusela ngo-1908 ukuya ku-1961, apho abakhuphisana nabo kwakufuneka bagcine unyawo olunye ngamaxesha onke, kwaye kwasetyenziswa izixhobo zokubopha itayi ngeminyaka yoo-1970.

Enye into eyongeziweyo kwi-tennis yobungcali kukusetyenziswa kwetekhnoloji yokuphawula nge-elektroniki kunye nenkqubo yokucofa-nomngeni evumela abadlali ukuba bakhuphisane ngokuchasene neefowuni ezisetyenziswa kumgca ukuya kwinqanaba elithile, inkqubo eyaziwa ngokuba yiHawk-Eye.

Umdlalo omkhulu

Idlalwa zizigidi zabadlali bokuzonwabisa, ithenisi ngumdlalo odumileyo kwihlabathi liphela. Iintshatsheli ezine ezinkulu (ezaziwa ngokuba yiGrand Slams) zithandwa kakhulu: i-Australian Open idlalwa kwiinkundla eziqinileyo, iFrench Open idlalwa ngodongwe, iWimbledon idlalwa engceni, kwaye i-US Open idlalwa nakwiinkundla eziqinileyo.