Kwakatangira tenesi

Kwakatangira tenesi kunogona kuteverwa kudzokera kuFrance muzana remakore rechi12 nerechi13, uye ikozvino ine nhoroondo yemakore anopfuura 800. Panguva iyoyo, mutambo wekurova bhora nechanza cheruoko waifarirwa nevamishinari. Nzira yacho yaive yekushandisa chanza cheruoko kurova bhora rakagadzirwa nejira rakaputirwa nebvudzi netambo pakati pevanhu vaviri munzvimbo yakashama.
Mutambo uyu wekuzorora waifarirwa zvikuru pakati pemamongi uye wakatanga kupararira. Zvishoma nezvishoma, chiitiko ichi chakapararira kubva kumamongi kusvika kumakirasi epamusoro-soro evanhu uye chakava mutambo wevaraidzo wevakuru panguva iyoyo. Zvishoma nezvishoma, mutambo uyu wakapinzwa zvishoma nezvishoma mudare reFrance uye waifarirwa nemhuri yehumambo yeFrance. Tennis yakava mutambo wamambo. Munguva yekutonga kwaCharles V, dare rekutanga muParis rakavakwa muLouvre; panguva yekutonga kwaFrancis (1515-1547), akarayira kuvakwa kwematare munyika yese uye akarega vanhuwo zvavo vachitora chikamu mutennis, uye akatovaka dare retennis rehumambo pachikepe chake chehondo; Charles IX akatoti tennis "ndiyo ine mbiri uye inokosha, uye kurovedza muviri kune hutano." Saka zvinoita sekunge madzimambo eFrance akatevedzana akabatsira kuita kuti tennis ifadze munyika yese.

Pakati pezana remakore rechi14, Britain neFrance dzaiwanzochinjana. Muchinda weFrance akapa bhora raishandiswa mumutambo uyu kuna Mambo Henry V, saka mutambo uyu wakaunzwa kuUnited Kingdom. Mambo Edward III weEngland ainyanya kufarira izvi uye akarayira kuti pavakwe dare retennis remukati meimba yamambo. Kubva ipapo, tennis yakatanga kukura muEngland. Munguva yekutonga kwaHenry VII naHenry VIII, matare emukati angangoita 1,800 akavakwa muEngland. Nekuti pamusoro pebhora iri pakagadzirwa neflannel yetwill, flannel inozivikanwa zvikuru inogadzirwa muguta reTannis muEgypt, maBritish anoidana kuti "Tennis"