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- Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles ...64 KB (9,860 words) - 20:09, 29 April 2023
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- - October 12, 1996) was a famous French tennis player and businessman, nicknamed ... Lacoste was one of The Four Musketeers, France's tennis stars ...8 KB (1,243 words) - 04:06, 8 December 2022
- 23, 1934 - July 3, 1994) was a champion tennis player from Glebe, New South ... Often referred to as the "Golden Boy" of tennis, blond, ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 22:18, 25 October 2022
- 1909 – February 2, 1995) was an English tennis player and three-time Wimbledon ... Perry was an unpopular player among tennis purists and fans. Tennis ...12 KB (1,846 words) - 09:54, 11 April 2024
- Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was a prominent African American tennis player who was born and raised in Richmond ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 11:06, 16 August 2023
- quot;Big Bill," Tilden was an American tennis player who was ranked No. 1 in the world from 1920-25, and No. 1 nationally a record ten consecutive ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 16:08, 31 October 2023
- 1915 – January 26, 2000) was an American tennis champion who was a World ... giving him an imposing body, ideal for tennis players. His one-handed backhand ...15 KB (2,399 words) - 17:17, 30 January 2024
- American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour. Supremely athletic, Gibson honed her talent to capture eleven Grand Slam championships during ...19 KB (2,597 words) - 08:38, 23 July 2023
- Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (May 24, 1899 – July 4, 1938) was a French tennis player who won 31 Grand Slam titles from 1914 through 1926. ...24 KB (3,518 words) - 14:14, 28 April 2023
- the World's No. 1 ranked professional tennis player a record eight times ... considered to be one of the all-time great tennis players. After emerging from ...25 KB (3,993 words) - 06:34, 18 November 2022
- Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles ...64 KB (9,860 words) - 20:09, 29 April 2023
- patients. In the 1970s, King turned his passion for tennis into a pro tournament in Las Vegas called the Alan King Tennis Classic, which was carried on ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 04:26, 17 June 2023
- hockey, water polo, rifle (coeducational), tennis, skiing (coeducational), ... *Men's Tennis *Women's Tennis *Men's Volleyball ...28 KB (3,819 words) - 04:10, 11 March 2023
- School, a noted poet, and a nationally-ranked tennis player who competed at the Wimbledon tennis championships in 1922. His youngest sister, Isabel ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 23:01, 30 April 2023
- weight and bounce to a "dead" tennis ball and sticks are identical ... * Ball hockey is played in a gym using sticks and a ball, often a ...19 KB (3,188 words) - 13:06, 1 February 2024
- about.com:tennis[http://tennis.about.com/od/tennisracquetsfaq/f/faqracquets42.htm What is the best material for a tennis racquet?]Retrieved November ...13 KB (1,840 words) - 19:59, 19 September 2021
- between two sheets of carbon fiber. In table tennis blades, a balsa layer is typically sandwiched between two pieces of thin plywood. Balsa wood is also ...6 KB (941 words) - 04:22, 11 January 2023
- other than black are desired, such as white tennis shoes, precipitated or fused silica is a decent competitor to carbon black in reinforcing ability ...7 KB (1,036 words) - 22:13, 25 November 2023
- in the home and school. Champion tennis players, for example, profited from the instruction of increasingly able teachers of tennis during the ...22 KB (3,277 words) - 09:17, 27 September 2023
- that writing free verse was like "playing tennis without a net"."The Figure a Poem Makes," in The Collected Poetry & Prose ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 14:59, 8 October 2022
- regular at the Turkish Embassy where he played tennis. No one suspected that "Mr. Lockridge" was the grandson of the 26th US President but ...16 KB (2,440 words) - 22:33, 3 March 2023
- by taking a curve similar to the seam on a tennis ball which winds up and down around the equator. The resulting sets can then be projected back ...10 KB (1,551 words) - 17:01, 3 May 2023
- carry on into his later works Oath of the Tennis Court and Distribution of ... defiance against the king, the oath of the tennis court was celebrated. Wanting ...24 KB (3,977 words) - 08:23, 18 March 2024
- === Tennis === Tier I tournaments on the women's tennis tour (WTA) and it takes place ...39 KB (5,420 words) - 03:54, 1 May 2023
- events. The campus also has facilities for tennis and practice fields for its ... intramural and intercollegiate table tennis, volleyball and Racquetball ...19 KB (2,571 words) - 17:43, 30 January 2024
- , as well as a rowing boat house and a tennis complex. The Boss Tennis ... others including track and field, sailing, tennis, rowing, soccer, skiing, ...29 KB (4,327 words) - 22:24, 25 January 2024
- example, one might consider it a good to make the tennis team for it contributes in many ways to human happiness (physical health, discipline, comradeship ...11 KB (1,729 words) - 17:10, 10 December 2023
- |sports = basketball, swimming, volleyball, tennis, soccer ... softball, men and women's swimming, tennis, track and field and men ...28 KB (3,869 words) - 19:30, 7 February 2024
- suffered a fatal heart attack following a game of tennis. At the time of his death he was under consideration to be named Poet Laureate. ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 18:02, 3 May 2023
- volleyball, hockey, gymnastics, and tennis, features six halls—the ... swimming pools, a sunbathing terrace, 16 tennis courts as well as basketball ...25 KB (3,575 words) - 05:19, 13 June 2023
- just as they learned to walk or play tennis, his audiences were aghast. He was a respected researcher, director of a laboratory at Yale, but ...10 KB (1,432 words) - 16:01, 11 November 2022
- * racquetball, squash, and tennis racquet strings ==See also== * Polymer * Plastic == Notes == Category:Physical sciences Category:Chemistry ...10 KB (1,452 words) - 10:12, 11 March 2023
- taking their deliberations to the nearby tennis court, where they proceeded ... Two days later, deprived of the use of the tennis court as well, the ...27 KB (4,325 words) - 21:32, 20 March 2024
- a cerebral hemorrhage while playing tennis. He was succeeded by Norio Ohga, who had joined the company after sending Morita a letter denouncing ...10 KB (1,542 words) - 07:15, 16 June 2023
- Toulouse (golf), Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad (tennis), Allianz Cup (tennis), Allianz Championship (golf), La Liga (football), Premier League (football ...22 KB (3,101 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- David has a pool, putting green, driving range, tennis courts, gymnasium, and guest cabins with such names as Dogwood, Maple, Holly, Birch, and Rosebud ...11 KB (1,604 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
- the National Assembly–leading to the Tennis Court Oath. This was the first indication of Desmoulins' sympathy with the sans-culottes. ...11 KB (1,788 words) - 18:30, 24 August 2023
- football(soccer), hockey, volleyball, lawn tennis, badminton, and athletics; ... hockey, swimming, lawn and squash tennis, table tennis, volleyball ...40 KB (5,809 words) - 14:53, 16 October 2021
- sport venues and hosts an Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) event ... Chennai, which hosts an Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ...44 KB (6,123 words) - 14:52, 5 December 2023
- numerous clubs and gymkhanas, and include tennis, squash, billiards, badminton ... played host to the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open, which is an International ...39 KB (5,723 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- lion-hunt with other children, swimming and tennis. She would often accompany the resident gamekeeper through thickets filled with deer and foxes ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 02:00, 8 September 2022
- Matthews' son, also named Stanley, was a tennis player, who won the Wimbledon Boy's Champion title in 1962 and a played as professional ...12 KB (1,881 words) - 19:52, 9 February 2023
- youth squads have won several national titles. Tennis and gliding are also popular sports. Beersheba's tennis center, which opened in 1991, features ...24 KB (3,637 words) - 10:25, 26 September 2023
- * Tennis * Volleyball Club Sports which compete in NCAA competition: * Rugby * Track and Field Other club sports: * Ultimate Frisbee (Men's ...12 KB (1,685 words) - 14:40, 3 May 2023
- for men and women in cross country, swimming, tennis, track and field, basketball, and soccer, as well as golf and baseball for men, and volleyball ...26 KB (3,754 words) - 18:26, 13 February 2024
- In 1958, William Higinbotham introduced the video game Tennis for ... multiple input devices, or by hotseating. Tennis for Two, arguably the first ...26 KB (4,049 words) - 20:12, 3 May 2023
- as she was rich, she paid for Dorothea to have tennis lessons, a seamstress to make her clothes, and everything a young society lady would want. She ...13 KB (2,071 words) - 09:38, 15 January 2023
- [[Image:universityofbath indoor tennis courts arp.jpg|thumb|250 px|right|Indoor tennis courts are part of extensive sports facilities at the ...28 KB (4,044 words) - 12:01, 3 May 2023
- California. There he became a star amateur tennis player, winning many titles. ... the Hank Greenberg Memorial Golf & Tennis Invitational since 1990. ...29 KB (4,518 words) - 21:15, 17 January 2024
- natural gut string used in racquets, such as for tennis. Today, synthetic strings are much more common, but the best strings are now made out of cow gut. ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 04:45, 18 April 2024
- Athletes. He also owned a chain of indoor tennis court facilities and briefly embarked on a brief career as a sports agent in the mid-1980s.Hartman ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 04:26, 17 June 2023
- town, including a post office,cricket club, lawn tennis club, and other facilities. Tourism began nearly as soon as the last convicts had left ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 05:41, 30 November 2022
- right of football players such as Grange, and tennis players such as Tilden, to make a living as professionals, but he also decried the warping influence ...14 KB (2,078 words) - 14:51, 31 December 2022
- verse by claiming, "I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down." Modernist poetry largely abandoned conventional poetic forms ...14 KB (2,170 words) - 05:04, 15 December 2022
- fishing bobbers, handles for fishing rods and tennis rackets and so forth. People have learned to harvest cork in a way that is not harmful to ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 20:36, 23 May 2020
- Arena, Forbes Field, many outdoor tennis courts and other extra-curricular arenas and faculties.Robin Erskine-Levinson, McGill University Qb ...36 KB (4,859 words) - 09:30, 10 March 2023
- lacrosse field, the Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Tennis Center, and the John Rich ... Men's and women's tennis and men's and women's ...32 KB (4,475 words) - 14:20, 3 May 2023
- * Tennis Players Li Na and Li Ting are from Wuhan and reside in Hankou. ... * Famous table tennis player Qiao Hong is from Wuhan. * Vice Premier ...37 KB (5,359 words) - 14:07, 20 May 2023
- the grounds feature two lakes, a waterfall, tennis courts, stables and woodland riding trails, all surrounding Skinner Green (the grassy lawn in ...17 KB (2,398 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- * The World Tossed at Tennis (1620). Co-written with William Rowley. * Honourable Entertainments (1620-1) * An Invention (1622) * The Sun in Aries ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 21:23, 30 April 2023
- integral to everything from fiber optic cables to tennis shoes, and from solar cells to sail boats. Materials science will continue to be centrally important ...17 KB (2,292 words) - 16:49, 7 November 2022
- Other popular sports in Buenos Aires are horse racing, tennis, golf ... include soccer star Diego Maradona and tennis great Guillermo Vilas. ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- Some aerogels have been incorporated into tennis and squash racquets. In space exploration, aerogel materials have been used to trap space dust ...18 KB (2,574 words) - 05:49, 16 June 2023
- de Olmedo, scholar Benjamín Urrutia, and tennis player Pancho Segura. ... There is considerable interest in tennis in the middle and upper classes ...30 KB (4,366 words) - 18:03, 12 February 2024
- basketball, and ping pong or table tennis. Most people live in public residential areas that often provide amenities including swimming pools ...31 KB (4,282 words) - 00:11, 29 December 2023
- Thus the kinetic energy of a tennis ball in flight is the kinetic energy due to its rotation, plus the kinetic energy due to its translation. ...22 KB (3,694 words) - 14:17, 5 October 2022
- sports such as field hockey, Football (soccer), tennis, golf, badminton, swimming, kart racing, weightlifting, and table tennis are also popular in the city. ...33 KB (4,788 words) - 09:20, 28 January 2024
- football. Minor sports are netball, rounders, lawn tennis, basketball, table tennis, boxing, squash, and a few others. Guyana played host to international ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- venue for the 2006 Asian Games), the Khalifa Tennis Stadium, and the Qatar Sports Club Stadium. ASPIRE Academy, launched in 2004, is a sports ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- soccer grounds as well as a swimming pool and tennis courts. ===Botanical Gardens=== [[File:Koishikawa Botanical Gardens - sakura - march31-2015 ...19 KB (2,825 words) - 22:33, 23 June 2023
- Calvin, Jr., contracted a blister from playing tennis on the White House courts. The blister became infected, and Calvin, Jr. died. After that, Coolidge ...18 KB (2,751 words) - 18:37, 25 November 2023
- game took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball. At the same ... back and forth was reminiscent to that of tennis volleys, and hence came the ...62 KB (10,612 words) - 21:01, 3 May 2023
- *"Anyone for Tennis" / "Pressed Rat and Warthog"-May 1968 *"Sunshine of Your Love" / "SWLABR"—September 1968 ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 06:17, 11 January 2024
- sporting attire and juggle sports equipment such as tennis rackets, footballs, or even snooker balls; traditional circus style—presenting pure skill ...19 KB (3,015 words) - 21:04, 4 October 2022
- Triathlon, and the Canberra Women's Tennis Classic. ... Canberra has numerous sporting ovals, golf courses, skate parks, tennis ...37 KB (5,453 words) - 19:15, 25 November 2023
- defeated Patrick Rafter at Wimbledon, Croatian tennis player Goran Ivanišević dedicated the win to his late friend Petrović and wore Petrović's ...21 KB (3,024 words) - 19:21, 14 August 2020
- long period of time such as running or playing tennis. [[Image:Treadmills at gym.jpg|thumb|250px|Airmen from the 8th Fighter Wing in South Korea ...19 KB (2,829 words) - 05:08, 24 November 2022
- camping, hiking, fishing, swimming, golf, and tennis. In Natchez, Mississippi, there is a gallery and, at one time, there was a tableau in the ...18 KB (2,835 words) - 06:04, 3 August 2022
- Dempsey, American football's Red Grange, and tennis player Bill Tilden. He was the first recipient of the Amateur Athletic Union's James E ...19 KB (3,121 words) - 05:16, 17 November 2023
- and Karl Malone have set records in their time. In tennis, Arthur Ashe, Venus and Serena Williams have proved competitive at the highest ranks of professional ...38 KB (5,325 words) - 06:03, 16 June 2023
- (Roger Federer may be said to have a genius for tennis or Winston Churchill for statesmanship), in many instances the term is used specifically to denote ...20 KB (2,859 words) - 06:48, 18 April 2024
- Washington hosts the annual Legg Mason Tennis Classic tennis tournament. The Marine Corps Marathon and the National Marathon are both held annually ...39 KB (5,697 words) - 23:11, 3 May 2023
- their deliberations to a nearby indoor tennis court, where they proceeded ... of the Assembly at the time of the Tennis Court Oath, became the city ...68 KB (10,394 words) - 10:55, 11 April 2024
- he encountered a hiker clad in T-shirt and tennis shoes." ===Principles of Political Economy and Taxation=== The fundamental doctrine of ...22 KB (3,471 words) - 08:07, 28 January 2024
- Taiwan has a long history of strong international presence in table ... Taiwan scores first table tennis gold in Paris win] Taipei ...97 KB (13,790 words) - 00:28, 4 January 2024
- in the world. Bangalore has hosted a WTA tennis event and, in 1997, it hosted the fourth National Games of India. The Sports Authority of India ...50 KB (6,914 words) - 20:25, 4 January 2024
- Still, Katharine attended the most elite of schools, enjoyed tennis instruction by Wimbledon champions, and was presented as a debutante. She ...20 KB (3,045 words) - 17:10, 5 October 2022
- settling in Los Angeles. He strung tennis rackets, picked fruit and endured a generally difficult time personally and financially. Finally, he ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 01:37, 8 December 2022
- choose a small octopus (around the size of a tennis ball) and be confident that it is young with a full life ahead of it. Octopuses are also quite ...21 KB (3,168 words) - 10:16, 11 March 2023
- with boats and water bicycles, dancing, tennis courts and other sport facilities ... Moscow also hosts the annual Kremlin Cup, a popular tennis tournament ...63 KB (8,988 words) - 16:33, 10 November 2022
- sport in Sierra Leone. Cricket, basketball, table tennis, volleyball, tennis, boxing, and track and field are also popular in the country. ...38 KB (5,601 words) - 20:08, 21 April 2023
- followed by track and field, boxing, and table tennis. Yoruba athletic events take place in either the National Stadium, Lagos (55,000 capacity ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 21:30, 4 June 2023
- three elevators, five full-time chefs, , a tennis court, bowling alley, movie theater, jogging track, swimming pool, putting green, and five ...21 KB (3,325 words) - 17:23, 4 May 2023
- cycling, walking, running, hiking, and playing tennis which focus on increasing cardiovascular endurance; J. Wilmore, H. Knuttgen, "Aerobic ...21 KB (3,083 words) - 23:54, 24 March 2024
- Korea include basketball, football, golf, tennis, and ice hockey. Women's ... in archery, shooting, badminton, table tennis, fencing, weightlifting, ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- active, enjoying such things as motorcycle riding, tennis, skiing, and flying airplanes. A heavy smoker, this habit is believed to have caused ...22 KB (3,415 words) - 21:18, 9 February 2024
- that the heavily-publicized sex-role change of tennis player Renée Richards had been characterized as "a frightening instance of what feminism ...20 KB (2,905 words) - 05:30, 17 December 2022
- swimming, horse riding, golf, and tennis. Hepburn, eager to please her father, emerged as a fine athlete in her late teens. Hepburn especially ...23 KB (3,401 words) - 17:11, 5 October 2022
- nitrogen gas adsorption. By way of comparison, a tennis court surface is about 260 m². Carbon aerogels, while more expensive, have even higher surface ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 05:41, 15 June 2023
- his age. He became extremely fond of sports such as tennis. During the winter of 1552–1553, Edward VI, strained by physical activities in the bitter ...24 KB (3,796 words) - 23:54, 12 February 2024
- Other popular sports are hockey, boxing, football, golf, table tennis ... facilities to their members, including tennis, badminton and squash courts ...42 KB (6,146 words) - 08:28, 28 February 2023
