Umdlalo wethenisi

I-Tennis ngumdlalo webhola, ovame ukudlalwa phakathi kwabadlali ababili abangabodwa noma inhlanganisela yama-pair amabili. Umdlali ushaya ibhola le-tennis nge-racket ye-tennis enqamula inethi enkundleni ye-tennis. Inhloso yalo mdlalo ukwenza kube nzima ukuthi umphikisi akwazi ukubuyisela ibhola kuye ngempumelelo. Abadlali abangakwazi ukubuyisa ibhola ngeke bathole amaphuzu, kanti abaphikisi bazothola amaphuzu.

Ithenisi ngumdlalo wama-Olympic wabo bonke abantu abasezingeni lomphakathi nabo bonke ubudala. Noma ubani okwazi ukufinyelela i-racket angawudlala lo mdlalo, okuhlanganisa nabasebenzisi bezihlalo zabakhubazekile.

Umlando Wentuthuko

Umdlalo wesimanje wethenisi waqala eBirmingham, eNgilandi ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19 njengethenisi yasendle. Uhlotshaniswa eduze nemidlalo eyahlukahlukene yasensimini (i-turf) efana ne-croquet kanye ne-bowling, kanye nomdlalo omdala we-racket owaziwa namuhla ngokuthi ithenisi yangempela.

Eqinisweni, cishe ngekhulu le-19, igama elithi ithenisi lalibhekisela kuthenisi yangempela, hhayi ithenisi yasendle: isibonelo, encwadini kaDisraeli ethi Sybill (1845), iNkosi u-Eugene Deville yamemezela ukuthi “izoya eHampton Court Palace iyodlala ithenisi.”

Imithetho yethenisi yanamuhla ayishintshanga kangako kusukela ngawo-1890. Okubili okuhlukile kwakusukela ngo-1908 kuya ku-1961, lapho abancintisana kwakudingeka bagcine unyawo olulodwa ngaso sonke isikhathi, kanti ama-tiebreaker asetshenziswa ngawo-1970.

Isengezo sakamuva ku-tennis yobungcweti ukwamukelwa kobuchwepheshe bokuphawula nge-elekthronikhi kanye nohlelo lokuchofoza nokuphonsela inselelo oluvumela abadlali ukuthi bancintisane ngokumelene nezingcingo zomugqa kuze kube seqophelweni elithile, uhlelo olwaziwa ngokuthi i-Hawk-Eye.

Umdlalo omkhulu

Ijatshulelwa yizigidi zabadlali bokuzilibazisa, ithenisi iwumdlalo odumile wababukeli bomhlaba wonke. Imiqhudelwano emine emikhulu (eyaziwa nangokuthi iGrand Slams) ithandwa kakhulu: i-Australian Open idlalwa ezinkundleni eziqinile, i-French Open idlalwa ngobumba, iWimbledon idlalwa otshanini, kanti i-US Open nayo idlalwa ezinkundleni eziqinile.