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In Womens Tennis

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The year 1966 featured the premier of a tennis great in womens tennis. Billie Jean King showed the world what she was all about by taking home her first Grand Slam victory in Wimbledon. There were high expectations for her in 1967 after showing what she was capable of in 1966.

The first Grand Slam of the year would be the Australian Open. This event had been owned my Margaret Court previous to this year. Court had managed to take home the Grand Slam title in that tournament for 8 consecutive years. This year would be a turning point where others would be able to step out of the shadow cast by Margaret Court.

The player that benefited most in the Australian Open was Nancy Richey. She took the opportunity to make her name in tennis, winning the first Grand Slam of her career. This would be the first of two Grand Slams that she would win in her career.

The next Grand Slam of the year would be the French Open. The French Open would be another chance for a player that had never won a Grand Slam in her career to step out into the spotlight. Francoise Durr would be the woman to win the tournament. This would be the highlight of her entire career. She would never go on to win another Grand Slam in her career, but this was certainly a great accomplishment for her.

The next tournament of the year would be Wimbledon. As previously mentioned, Billie Jean King was the defending champion of this tournament and everyone was expecting her to come out and take the tournament for the 2nd year in a row. As the tournament came it was clear early on that she came ready to play. She advanced through the tournament and would take home the Grand Slam title when all was said and done. This was the 2nd Grand Slam of her career and the 2nd consecutive Wimbledon Grand Slam for her.

The last Grand Slam of the year would be the US Open. This tournament would be up for grabs. In previous years Maria Bueno had been the dominating player in this tournament. She managed to win the tournament in 3 of the previous 4 years. The victory the previous year would be her last career Grand Slam, however. This would be another tournament that would be up for grabs.

Billie Jean King seemed to be up to the task. She had already earned the attention of everyone in the tennis world and she was ready to take the next step. Billie Jean King played great throughout the tournament and managed to take home the Grand Slam title at the US Open. This would be the first Grand Slam of her career that was not at Wimbledon.

While Margaret Court stepped away from the National forefront for a time, there were clearly other players that were ready to take the spotlight for a time. Two of these players, Billie Jean King and Nancy Richey, would continue to play well through the next year.

The Great World Of Tennis Benefits And Facts

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Tennis is a world known sport since the 1800s. It originated from France and has become widely known in Europe although the sport has been known to have existed in the 12th century, but without using Tennis Racquets. Today tennis grand slam events the US open, French Open, Australian Open, and Wimbledon are annually anticipated by tennis enthusiasts.

World renowned players such as Andre Agassi, Billie Jean King, Margaret Court, and Roger Federer are some of the greatest players of all time for they each have won multiple Grand Slam tournament titles.
Before playing tennis you should be aware that there are some tennis equipment that you will need beforehand, first of all you will need a tennis racquet, especially made tennis shoes, and of course proper tennis clothing.

Because of its grown popularity more and more people are encouraged to join this event, what they do not know is that there is more to tennis than they thought they know. Did you know that tennis is one of the most recommended sports by most doctors? This is right although there are a lot of sports out there keep your body healthy yet tennis remains to be the only one that promotes discipline, as well as physical, mental, and emotional well being all at the same time.

Here are some of the benefits that one could get by playing tennis:

1.It is a proven fact that people who engaged themselves into three hours of tennis every week cuts their possibility of death caused many different natural causes of diseases.

2.A study have also shown that people who plays tennis in good mood have higher chance of winning as compared to angry or depress players.

3.Tennis is also a game that requires mental alertness and strategic thinking which means that you continuously develop new connections from the brain into the nerves and vice versa, which means that even if you grow old your brain continues to develop.

4.Tennis also promotes positivity in terms of personality development.

5.The process of playing tennis promote both aerobic and anaerobic fitness that helps in burning more fats at the same time give your muscles enough time to rest.

The world of tennis has indeed been developed ultimately and because of this development there are more than enough stores worldwide that continuously come up with various tennis equipment to keep players at their best.

It is very important that as you follow the rules you also follow the basic guidelines of tennis in terms of clothing and accessorizing. There are tennis accessories such as sunglasses, that helps you stay in focus even with the sun towering high over you, some people simply miss the ball just because the sun hit them directly into the eye.

Other accessories such as tennis caps, allows you to cover you face from direct sunlight without hassles. Tennis clothing on the other hand are especially made for players to move freely inside the court. Tennis is a great sport but takes courage and determination to be good a good player just like any other sports, except you get more benefits more than anything.