Watch Live Tennis Stream And Learn How To Play



Dedicated sports enthusiasts can now tune in to live tennis stream wherever they live in the world. All they need is an internet connection and a personal computer, laptop or tablet. The French Open in 2011, for example, was broadcast over the web free of charge by one of the major American television networks.



Live streamed sports are offered by general sporting organizations as well as those specific to tennis. A free service is also provided by many betting sites to encourage people to participate. There are many, many web sites that broadcast live sporting events.



The game as we now know it originated in Birmingham, England in the nineteenth century. It was eagerly adopted by the English-speaking upper classes and then spread rapidly to the rest of the world. It is a summer Olympic sport, played in different countries every four years.



The game may involve two players (men's and women's singles) or four (men's, women's and mixed doubles). They use a ball, a racket and a low net stretched across the center of the playing surface, or court. The first balls were made of leather stretched over either wool or hair. Today, they are composed of hollow rubber. The playing surface may be composed of grass or tarmac.



Rafael Nadal of Spain won the first men's gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics that were held in Beijing. The women's gold medal was won by Russian Elena Dementieva. The sport featured in the first ever Olympics held in Athens in 1896. British John Boland won the first gold medal for men's singles. Women did not compete until 1900, when Charlotte Cooper, also from Britain, took home the gold medal.



Not only are live sports available to spectators, but free lessons are available on video, still photographs and in articles on the internet. Beginners may study the experts to learn basic skills, while more advanced players can observe more sophisticated techniques. Among the players featured in this way are Ana Ivanovic and Rafael Nadal.



In Great Britain, the sport is governed and administered by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA). Their main mission is to bring more people into the sport. They do this by coaching and developing new players. They host activities for both young people and the more senior. Most of the income for the LTA comes from the yearly championships that are held in Wimbledon, South London, in June of each year.