Chiyambi chatennis
Chiyambi cha tennis chimachokera ku France m'zaka za zana la 12 ndi 13, ndipo tsopano ili ndi mbiri ya zaka zoposa 800.Pa nthawiyo, amishonale ankakonda kumenya mpira ndi chanza.Njira yake inali yogwiritsira ntchito chikhatho cha dzanja kumenya mpira wopangidwa ndi nsalu wokutidwa ndi tsitsi ndi chingwe pakati pa anthu awiri panja.
Masewerawa anali otchuka kwambiri pakati pa amonke ndipo anayamba kufalikira.Pang'ono ndi pang'ono, ntchitoyi inafalikira kuchokera ku nyumba za amonke kupita ku magulu apamwamba a anthu ndipo inakhala masewera osangalatsa a anthu olemekezeka panthawiyo.Pang'onopang'ono, masewerawa adalowetsedwa pang'onopang'ono m'bwalo lamilandu la France ndipo adakondedwa ndi banja lachifumu la France.Tennis anakhala masewera a mfumu.Mu ulamuliro wa Charles V, khoti loyamba ku Paris linamangidwa ku Louvre;mu ulamuliro wa Francis (1515-1547), analamula kumanga mabwalo amilandu m’dziko lonselo ndi kulola anthu wamba kutenga nawo mbali pa tennis, ndipo anamanga ngakhale bwalo la tenisi lachifumu pabwalo lake lankhondo;Charles IX ananenanso kuti tennis “ndi yaulemerero ndi yamtengo wapatali, komanso yolimbitsa thupi kwambiri.”Chifukwa chake zikuwoneka kuti mafumu aku France otsatizana athandizira kutchuka kwa tennis m'dziko lonselo.
Chapakati pa zaka za m’ma 1400, Britain ndi France ankasinthana pafupipafupi.Kalonga waku France waku France adapereka mpira womwe ukugwiritsidwa ntchito pamasewerawa kwa Mfumu Henry V, kotero masewerawa adayambitsidwa ku United Kingdom.Mfumu Edward III ya ku England inachita chidwi kwambiri ndi zimenezi ndipo inalamula kuti amange bwalo la tennis lamkati m’nyumba yachifumuyo.Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, tennis yayamba kukula ku England.Muulamuliro wa Henry VII ndi Henry VIII, makhothi amkati pafupifupi 1,800 adamangidwa ku England.Chifukwa pamwamba pa mpirawo ndi wopangidwa ndi flannel yodziwika kwambiri yomwe imapangidwa m'tawuni ya Tannis ku Egypt, a British amatcha "Tennis"