The ball must be returned before it touches the ground a second time, the hit can be made or until ball falls on the ground or in time between the first and second landing. The ball must fall into place of tennis court, which is strictly bounded by lines on each side of the transverse net. The ball, which is sent to the opponent, should fly over the net stretched across the court. If the first player will threw a ball that fell to the opponent’s side within the boundaries, the first gets a point. If a player made mistakes: sent the ball into the net, sent it abroad of the opponent’s area, or can not get the ball, his opponent wins the point. The player wins points in all cases when the opponent has made a mistake, regardless of whether it happened because of his inability to make the right riposte or was the result of his own inability, or lack of attention and control. The winner of the game is the player who received the maximum number of points. It is not a simple arithmetic sum of points (length of the game is not limited), it is the sum of points received during the tennis game, set, or match. Tennis is included in the Olympic sports. It is very democratic and played by people of all levels of society, it has subdued all ages. This game is open to perception by everyone who can hold in their hands the racket, including people with disabilities.
The history of modern tennis starts in the second half of the XIX century. Just then there was a game , while bearing the name " lawn tennis ", which was the forerunner of a more ancient game indoors. Wimbledon , the oldest surviving to the present day has been held since 1877 , and the first competition of national teams - Davis Cup - traces its history to 1900 . Tennis is part of the modern Olympic Games , since I Olympiad, held in 1896, but with more than half a century , which ended only in 1988 . Initially tennis was officially an amateur sport , the first professional players appeared in tennis in the 20 -ies of XX century, and since the late 1960s began the so -called Open era , in which all tournaments have become open to both amateurs and for professionals and were combined into a few large cycles
