Inkomoko ya tennis

Inkomoko ya tennis irashobora guhera mu Bufaransa mu kinyejana cya 12 na 13, none ifite amateka yimyaka irenga 800. Muri kiriya gihe, abamisiyonari bakinnye umukino wo gukubita umupira ukoresheje ikiganza. Uburyo bwari ugukoresha ikiganza cyikiganza kugirango ukubite umupira wakozwe mumyenda ipfunyitse mumisatsi n'umugozi hagati yabantu babiri mumwanya ufunguye.
Iyi siporo yo kwidagadura yari ikunzwe cyane mu bamonaki itangira gukwirakwira. Buhoro buhoro, iki gikorwa cyakwirakwiriye kuva mu bigo by’abihaye Imana kugera mu cyiciro cyo hejuru cya sosiyete maze gihinduka umukino wo kwidagadura ku banyacyubahiro muri kiriya gihe. Buhorobuhoro, uyu mukino winjiye buhoro buhoro mu rukiko rw’Ubufaransa kandi utoneshwa n’umuryango w’ibwami w’Ubufaransa. Tennis yabaye siporo y'umwami. Ku ngoma ya Charles V, urukiko rwa mbere i Paris rwubatswe i Louvre; ku ngoma ya Francis (1515-1547), yategetse ko hubakwa inkiko hirya no hino mu gihugu kandi areka rubanda rusanzwe rwitabira tennis, ndetse yubaka ikibuga cya tennis cya cyami ku rugamba rwe bwite; Charles IX ndetse yise tennis “icyubahiro cyiza n'agaciro, n'imyitozo ngororamubiri.” Bigaragara rero ko abami b'Abafaransa bakurikiranye bafashije kumenyekanisha tennis mu gihugu hose.

Hagati y'ikinyejana cya 14, Ubwongereza n'Ubufaransa byagiye bihanahana kenshi. Igikomangoma cyo mu Bufaransa cyahaye umupira wakoreshejwe muri uyu mukino Umwami Henry V, bityo uyu mukino wamenyekanye mu Bwongereza. Umwami Edward III w'Ubwongereza yabyishimiye cyane maze ategeka ko hubakwa ikibuga cya tennis cyo mu nzu ibwami. Kuva icyo gihe, tennis yatangiye gutera imbere mu Bwongereza. Ku ngoma ya Henry VII na Henry VIII, mu Bwongereza hubatswe inkiko zo mu ngo zigera ku 1.800. Kuberako ubuso bwuyu mupira bukozwe muri twill flannel, flannel izwi cyane ikorerwa mumujyi wa Tannis muri Egiputa, abongereza babyita "Tennis"