Inkomoko ya tenisi

Inkomoko ya tenisi ishobora gukomoka mu Bufaransa mu kinyejana cya 12 n'icya 13, none ubu ifite amateka y'imyaka irenga 800. Icyo gihe, umukino wo gukubita umupira n'ikiganza wari ukunzwe n'abamisiyoneri. Uburyo bwari ugukoresha ikiganza cy'ikiganza kugira ngo ukubite umupira ukozwe mu mwenda upfunyitse mu musatsi n'umugozi hagati y'abantu babiri mu mwanya ugaragara.
Uyu mukino w’imyidagaduro wakundwaga cyane n’abihaye Imana kandi watangiye gukwirakwira. Buhoro buhoro, iki gikorwa cyakwirakwiriye kuva mu bigo by’abihaye Imana kugeza mu miryango ikomeye y’abaturage, maze kiba umukino w’imyidagaduro ku banyacyubahiro icyo gihe. Buhoro buhoro, uyu mukino washyizwe mu kibuga cy’Abafaransa, kandi wakundwaga n’umuryango w’ibwami w’Abafaransa. Tenisi yabaye umukino w’umwami. Ku ngoma ya Charles V, urukiko rwa mbere rw’i Paris rwubatswe i Louvre; ku ngoma ya Francis (1515-1547), yategetse ko hubakwa ibibuga hirya no hino mu gihugu maze abaturage basanzwe bitabira tenisi, ndetse yubaka n’ikibuga cy’ibwami cya tenisi ku bwato bwe bwite; Charles IX ndetse yise tenisi “imyitozo ngororamubiri ikomeye kandi ifite agaciro, kandi ikora neza kurusha izindi.” Bityo rero, bigaragara ko abami b’Abafaransa bakurikiyeho bafashije gukurura tenisi mu gihugu hose.

Hagati mu kinyejana cya 14, Ubwongereza n'Ubufaransa byakunze guhanahana umupira. Igikomangoma cy'Ubufaransa cyahaye Umwami Henry wa V umupira wakoreshejwe muri uyu mukino, bityo uyu mukino winjizwa mu Bwongereza. Umwami Edward wa III w'Ubwongereza yashishikajwe cyane n'ibi maze ategeka ko hubakwa ikibuga cya tenisi cyo mu nzu mu ngoro. Kuva icyo gihe, tenisi yatangiye gutera imbere mu Bwongereza. Mu gihe cy'ubutegetsi bwa Henry VII na Henry wa VIII, hubatswe ibibuga byo mu nzu bigera ku 1.800 mu Bwongereza. Kubera ko ubuso bw'uyu mupira bukozwe muri twill flannel, flannel izwi cyane yakozwe mu mujyi wa Tannis mu Misiri, Abongereza bayita "Tennis"