TENNIS

A. Original :
Tennis is come from France. It was called Le Jeu Du Paume at that time and it was not called tennis until 16th century.

In the 13th century, a musician introduced a gentle game to guests in the party in France. To play the game we need to people, one stand here and the other stand another side with a rope to separated them. Those two people use hand to hit the ball with the music. The ball is constructed by cloth which filled with feather and hair.

At that time, the nobility thought that it was as interesting game, so they always hold this game in their party. Afterwards, people started to use racket to hit the ball.

In the 14th century, tennis was introduced to England. Since then, France and England started to hold many games to play with each other. It is said that King Edward III built a tennis court.

Nowadays, there are four games around the world. French Open Australia Open The Championships, Wimbledon U.S. Open

B. Australia Open :
Australia Open is one of the four grand slams. It was hold in 1905. Compared to other three games, Australia Open is the youngest one. It was always held on the last two weeks in January every year.

Every January, the excited tennis competition begins in Melbourme in Australia. It attracts so many tennis lovers and millions audiences around the world to get together to cheer their favorite contestant up. Even though it might be a rainy day, players can go on their competition because the tennis court of Australia Open is the only one which has the automatic roof. We dont have to worry about the bad weather.

In January, 2012, the excited game was hold as usual. Something different is that I also joined this big event. In the beginning, every player did their best to win the game. It was so excited that no one can move their eyes to other places. In the last game, the champion, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, performed the most excited game up to now. Djokovic spent five hours and fifty-three minutes to defeat his enemy and eventually defended his throne.

C. New number one around the world- Novak Djokovic:

Novak Djokovic came from Serbia.