Detail of a real tennis racket. Real tennis is the original racket sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis is descended

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Real tennis is the original racket sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis is descended combining elements of both Lawn Tennis and Squash. The image is of a part of a real tennis racket showing strings and the binding around the wooden racket frame. Real tennis is a complicated game. The court has various target areas, sloping roof sections along three of its walls and an unusual scoring system.

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Size: 3744px × 3744px
Location: Hayling Island, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Nigel Kenny / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ancient, equipment, green, hiuk, images, indoor, kenny, nigel, nylon, racket, real, sport, sports, string, tennis, white, wooden