Tennis

Regional popularity: Europe, Asia, America

Tennis is considered as one of the top ranked sport now a days. The game features solo competition. Historians claim that the sport was originated before the 14^th century. King Louis X of France built an indoor Tennis court for himself. Probably it was at the age of early 1400’s.

But the modern rules were introduced into the game at the middle of the 19^th century. The game has never been truly dominated by a single person or country. We can easily figure out this by accounting the Number One Ranked player over the last ten years.

Across the Men’s and Women’s tours, 14 different plyers from 8 different countries have been representing the title. May be this is another cause of it’s being that much popular everywhere.

Famous Tennis Stars:
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova

With around one billion fans Tennis is now at no.4 at the top list of most popular sports in the world. And because of the spectators from Asia, Europe and America, Tennis is considered one of the most watched sport in the world.

Usually people play Tennis against a single opponent (singles). Sometimes it is played between two teams of two players each (doubles). A racket strung with cord is used to strike the hollow rubber ball. The ball is usually covered with felt. The opponents are separated by a net. The objective of the game is to play the ball into the opponent’s court in such a way that he/she is unable to return good.