Asalinwasan tennis

Asalin wasan tennis dai ana iya samo shi tun daga karni na 12 da na 13, kuma a yanzu yana da tarihin sama da shekaru 800.A lokacin, wasan buga ƙwallon da tafin hannu ya shahara a tsakanin ’yan mishan.Hanyar ita ce a yi amfani da tafin hannu don buga kwallon da aka yi da rigar da aka naɗe da gashi tare da igiya tsakanin mutane biyu a cikin fili.
Wannan wasan nishadi ya shahara a tsakanin sufaye kuma ya fara yaduwa.Sannu a hankali wannan aiki ya watsu daga gidajen sufi zuwa manya-manyan al’umma kuma ya zama wasan nishadi ga masu fada aji a lokacin.Sannu a hankali, an gabatar da wannan wasan a hankali a cikin kotun Faransa kuma dangin sarauta na Faransa sun sami tagomashi.Tennis ya zama wasan kwaikwayo na sarki.A lokacin mulkin Charles V, an gina kotun farko a birnin Paris a Louvre;a zamanin mulkin Francis (1515-1547), ya ba da umarnin gina kotuna a duk fadin kasar kuma ya bar talakawa su shiga wasan tennis, har ma ya gina filin wasan tennis na sarauta a kan jirgin yakinsa na kansa;Har ila yau Charles IX ya kira wasan tennis "mafi daukaka da daraja, kuma mafi kyawun motsa jiki."Don haka da alama sarakunan Faransa da suka biyo baya sun taimaka wajen yaɗa wasan tennis a duk faɗin ƙasar.

A tsakiyar karni na 14, Biritaniya da Faransa sun yi musayar ra'ayi akai-akai.Yarima mai jiran gado na Faransa ya ba da kwallon da aka yi amfani da shi a wannan wasa ga Sarki Henry V, don haka aka gabatar da wannan wasan a Burtaniya.Sarki Edward na Uku na Ingila ya yi sha'awar musamman inda ya ba da umarnin a gina filin wasan tennis na cikin gida a fadar.Tun daga wannan lokacin, wasan tennis ya fara haɓaka a Ingila.A lokacin mulkin Henry VII da Henry na VIII, an gina kotunan cikin gida kusan 1,800 a Ingila.Domin saman wannan kwallon an yi shi ne da tulun twill, fitaccen fitaccen flannel da aka samar a garin Tannis na kasar Masar, Birtaniya na kiranta da "Tennis"