Let’s Play Lawn Tennis

Lawn Tennis originated in England around the 19th century and is now played in a host of countries across the world. There are four major tournaments in Tennis termed as the ‘majors’ that include Wimbledon, US Open, French Open and Australian tournament.
The game of tennis is played on a rectangular court with a net running across the centre of the court. The objective of the game is to hit the ball over the net landing the ball within the margins of the court. It should be in a manner that your opponent should be unable to return the ball. You win a point every time your opponent is unable to return the ball within the court.
A tennis match can be played either by one player on each side a singles match or two players on each side a doubles match. The rectangular shaped court has a base line at the back that serves two areas and two spaces just over the net in which a successful serve must land in and two tram lines down either side. A singles match will reflect the use of the inner side tram line and a doubles match indicates the outer tram line.
Game can be played on four major surfaces including grass, clay, hard surface and carpet. Each tournament will choose one surface type and stick without throughout. Equipments required are a stringed racket each and a tennis ball.
A player needs to score four points to win a game of tennis. The points are known as 15 for1 points, 30 for two points and 40 for three points and the fourth would result in the winning point and the end of that game. If the score turns to 40-40 this would be termed as deuce. When a game reaches the point of deuce the player must then win by two clear points.
Lawn Tennis Rules
• The game of tennis starts with a toss of coin to determine which player must play first and which side they want to serve from.
• The player must then serve each point from alternative sides on the base line. At no point must the player’s feet move in front of the baseline on the court earlier to hitting their serve.
• If the player fails to get their first serve in they used to take advantage of a second serve. If they again fail to get their second chance in then a double fault will be called and the point will be lost.
• If the player clips the net but the ball goes in the service area still then let is called and they takes that turn again without penalty. If the ball hits the net and fails to go in the service area then it will be termed out and they lose that serve.
• The receiver may stand where they wish upon receipt of the serve. If the ball is struck without the serve bouncing then the server will receive the point.

By: Saksham Gupta
Content: https://www.rulesofsport.com/sports/tennis.html