The Moscow City Government University of Management Presentation «My favorite sport» Made by Khovanskaya A. A.

People all over the world are very fond of sports and games. The most popular outdoor winter sports are shooting, hunting, hockey and in the countries where the weather is frosty and there is much snow-skating, skiing and tobogganing. Some people greatly enjoy figure-skating and ski-jumping. Summer affords excellent opportunities for swimming, boating, yachting, cycling, gliding and many other sports. Among outdoor games football takes the first place in public interest. This game is played in all the countries of the world. The other favorite games in different countries are golf, tennis, cricket, volleyball, basketball and so on. Badminton is also very popular.

Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt past a net into the opponent's court.

History of tennis He invented a game to entertain guests at a reception in his mansion in Wales and in 1873 published the first rules of the game. The founder of the game was Major Walter Wingfield. In July 1877, in Wimbledon, London, held its first tournament on the lawn tennis, organized by the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club.

Since 1920-ies, professional tennis players to earn money, speaking in exhibition match before an audience, which paid for the right to watch a game. In 1968, the International Tennis Federation approved the equal rights of players. This was the beginning of the Open era in modern tennis, when all players have the right to act in any tournaments, and the best tennis players earn a livelihood in a speech at the competitions.

In 1954 James Van Alen founded the International Tennis Hall of Fame - a museum, located in Newport. The museum contains a large number of exhibits depicting the history of tennis, as well as the gallery of the great tennis players and people who have contributed to the development of sport.

With the advent of the Open era and the emergence of tennis federations in various countries around the world, tennis has evolved in different parts of the world. Among the great players of the Open era, called the Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, John Newcombe, Wall Smith and other. Among women: Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis.

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