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2. 10 and Under Tennis - Wikipedia

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   10 and Under Tennis is a program that was introduced by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) in the summer of 2010. [1] Upon making the change official in 2012, it modified the format of all USTA and International Tennis Federation (ITF) events involving players of years 10 and younger. [ 1 ]

3. Tennis - Wikipedia

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   The components of a tennis racket include a handle, known as the grip, connected to a neck which joins a roughly elliptical frame that holds a matrix of tightly pulled strings. For the first 100 years of the modern game, rackets were made of wood and of standard size, and strings were of animal gut. Laminated wood construction yielded more ...

4. touchtennis - Wikipedia

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   Touchtennis is a modified version of tennis played on a compact court with foam balls and shorter (21-inch or 53-centimetre) rackets. It is regularly featured on Sky Sports and is growing in popularity and acceptance as an alternative form of the full size game.

5. Racket (sports equipment) - Wikipedia

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   Squash racket and ball Racquetball racket and ball. A racket or racquet [1] is an item of sporting equipment used to strike a ball or shuttlecock in a variety of sports. A racket consists of three major components: a widened distal end known as the head, an elongated handle known as the grip, and a reinforced connection between the head and handle known as the throat or heart.

6. Tennis technology - Wikipedia

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   Billie Jean King won the first Grand Slam title ever in 1967 using a racket made out of steel. It was the first time in history that a racket other than wood had been used to win a Grand Slam. Steel racket prototypes had been around since 1922 but were first patented in 1957. [1] In 1968, Spalding launched an aluminium racquet, called "The ...

7. Bentley Fortissimo - Wikipedia

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   The Bentley Fortissimo tennis racquet. The Bentley Fortissimo tennis racquet of 1972 was the first oversize tennis racquet to be produced and demonstrated publicly. [1] Prior to its introduction, all tennis racquets were much smaller in terms of the stringbed size, measured in square inches.