Chiyambi cha tenisi

Chiyambi cha tenisi chingapezeke ku France m'zaka za m'ma 1200 ndi 1300, ndipo tsopano chili ndi mbiri ya zaka zoposa 800. Panthawiyo, masewera omenya mpira ndi chikhatho cha dzanja anali otchuka pakati pa amishonale. Njirayi inali kugwiritsa ntchito chikhatho cha dzanja kumenya mpira wopangidwa ndi nsalu wokutidwa ndi tsitsi ndi chingwe pakati pa anthu awiri pamalo otseguka.
Masewera osangalatsa awa anali otchuka kwambiri pakati pa amonke ndipo anayamba kufalikira. Pang'onopang'ono, masewerawa anafalikira kuchokera ku nyumba za amonke kupita ku magulu apamwamba a anthu ndipo anakhala masewera osangalatsa a anthu olemekezeka panthawiyo. Pang'onopang'ono, masewerawa anayamba kulowetsedwa pang'onopang'ono m'bwalo la ku France ndipo anakondedwa ndi banja lachifumu la ku France. Tennis inakhala masewera a mfumu. Mu ulamuliro wa Charles V, bwalo loyamba ku Paris linamangidwa ku Louvre; mu ulamuliro wa Francis (1515-1547), analamula kuti mabwalo amange m'dziko lonselo ndipo analola anthu wamba kutenga nawo mbali mu tennis, ndipo anamanganso bwalo lachifumu la tennis pa sitima yake yapamadzi; Charles IX anatchula tennis kuti "ndiyo yolemekezeka kwambiri komanso yamtengo wapatali, komanso yolimbitsa thupi." Chifukwa chake zikuwoneka kuti mafumu otsatizana aku France athandiza kufalitsa tennis m'dziko lonselo.

Pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1300, Britain ndi France zinkasinthana pafupipafupi. Kalonga wachifumu wa ku France adapatsa Mfumu Henry V mpira womwe umagwiritsidwa ntchito pamasewerawa, kotero masewerawa adayambitsidwa ku United Kingdom. Mfumu Edward III wa ku England anali ndi chidwi kwambiri ndi izi ndipo adalamula kuti amange bwalo la tenisi lamkati m'nyumba yachifumu. Kuyambira pamenepo, tenisi yayamba kukulirakulira ku England. Mu ulamuliro wa Henry VII ndi Henry VIII, mabwalo pafupifupi 1,800 amkati amangidwa ku England. Chifukwa pamwamba pa mpirawu pali flannel ya twill, flannel yotchuka kwambiri yopangidwa mumzinda wa Tannis ku Egypt, aku Britain amaitcha "Tennis"