Family and Friends 4 unit 4 lesson 5

Tennis is also an __________ sport.

In 1877, 22 tennis players entered the first World Tennis __________ at Wimbledon in the UK.

Later, they started wearing a leather __________ to hit the ball.

In 1873, people started to play tennis outside. They called it “__________ tennis”.

They started to call the game “Tennis”, because players shouted the French word “__________!” at the start of each game.

Tennis is a very __________ sport all over the world.

The first winner at Wimbledon was Spencer __________.

Every year, tennis fans watch the Wimbledon __________, the French Open, the US Open or the Australian Open.

King Henry VIII of England built an indoor tennis __________ at his palace.

At first, only men played tennis at Wimbledon, but in __________ women started playing too.

At first, they hit a ball with the palms of their __________.

In the 12th century, people in France played a game called “__________”.

Venus and Serena Williams were the first sisters to win Olympic __________ in tennis.

Wimbledon was first shown on __________ in 1937.

In the 16th century, people used simple __________ to play Paume.