Kwakabvatennis
Mabviro etennis anogona kudzoserwa kumashure kuFrance muzana ramakore rechi 12 nerechi 13, uye zvino ine nhoroondo yemakore anopfuura 800.Panguva iyoyo, mutambo wokurova bhora nechanza cheruoko wakanga wakakurumbira pakati pemamishinari.Nzira yacho yaive yekushandisa chanza cheruoko kurova bhora rakagadzirwa nemucheka wakaputirwa nemvere netambo pakati pevanhu vaviri munzvimbo yakashama.
Uyu mutambo wekutandara wakanga wakakurumbira zvikuru pakati pemamongi uye wakatanga kupararira.Zvishoma nezvishoma, chiitiko ichi chakapararira kubva kumamongi kuenda kumapoka epamusoro enzanga uye chakava mutambo wevaraidzo wevakuru panguva iyoyo.Zvishoma nezvishoma, mutambo uyu wakaunzwa zvishoma nezvishoma mudare reFrance uye wakafarirwa nemhuri yehumambo hweFrance.Tennis wakava mutambo wamambo.Mukati mokutonga kwaCharles V, dare rokutanga muParis rakavakwa muLouvre;mukati mokutonga kwaFrancis (1515-1547), akaraira kuvakwa kwamatare munyika yose ndokurega vanhuwo zvavo vachitora rutivi mutenisi, uye akatovaka nhandare yetenisi yamambo pangarava yake yehondo;Charles IX akatodana tennis kuti "inobwinya uye yakakosha, uye kurovedza muviri kune hutano."Saka zvinoita sekunge madzimambo eFrance akateedzana akabatsira kusimudzira tennis munyika yose.
Pakati pezana remakore rechi14, Britain neFrance dzaigara dzichichinjana.Muchinda wekorona wekuFrance akapa bhora raishandiswa mumutambo uyu kuna Mambo Henry V, saka mutambo uyu wakaunzwa kuUnited Kingdom.Mambo Edward III weEngland ainyanya kufarira izvi uye akarayira kuvakwa kweimba yetenisi yemukati mumuzinda.Kubva ipapo, tenisi yakatanga kukura muEngland.Munguva yekutonga kwaHenry VII naHenry VIII, anenge 1,800 matare emukati akavakwa muEngland.Nekuti pamusoro pebhora iri rakagadzirwa neflannel ine mukurumbira unogadzirwa mutaundi reTannis kuEgypt, maBritish anoidana kuti "Tennis"