Tennis
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TENNIS
First appearance in the Central American and Caribbean Games: 1926
Rackets, which currently have a great influence on the way tennis is played, were not even used in the past. In the past, sporadic registries of similar sports have been found, but the closest relative in tennis’s family tree is Jeu de Paume (“palm game” in French). In eleventh century France, it was played in closed courts, using the walls as part of the game and the palm of the hand to hit the ball. Three centuries later, the first sketches of the racket appeared and the court divided by a cord was being used. Tennis took its basic current form in the nineteenth century. One or two competitors stand at each side of an open or covered court, using rackets to strike a small ball toward the other side of the net. Each competitor has the right to let it bounce on the floor once, trying to prevent the opponent from being able to return it.
The score system awards the best player of three or five sets (the winner of one set is the first one to win six games) and the different types of surfaces (grass, clay, concrete, synthetic) are evolutions produced with the passing of time.
Competition Itinerary
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Competition Day |
| R | Day of Rest |
| M/F | Masculine/Femenine |
| O/C | Opening/Closing Ceremony |
