If you have period films in the 1800's setting, you would be able to observe that most women wore corsets and empire cut dresses. The main purpose of these designs were to 'hide a woman's legs! It was not until 1922 that the skirts became less-restrictive. Thanks to Suzanne Lenglen who showed up in a game wearing the shortest skirt then. It was also during this time that it became the popular sport of the royalties in France and was called the game of the palm. The word tennis came from the French word that was being shouted by early French players at the beginning of the game tenez meaning play. Shortly after its popularity among French aristocrats, tennis spread throughout Europe especially in England. Believe it or not, more than two thousand Feder bears were purchased during the Masters Tennis Cup, all of which total to a contribution of seventy five thousand RMB to the UNICEF. The fact of the matter is that Feder bear is the official Beanie Ty Baby that is exclusively produced for the ATP Tennis. Feast your eyes to tennis racquets made by almost all of well-known racquet manufacturers all over the world. If you are not sure what type of racquet is ideal for you, the store has a catalogue of racquets based on price, performance, length and weight. Examples of its tennis racquet categories are: junior tennis racquets, super light tennis racquets, and maximum power tennis racquets. The flat serve or basic serve is when you hit the ball on a flat trajectory making moderate spin. Next, the topspin is done by doing high arcing trajectory and with high strong bounce. The last one is the slice. This type of serve is made by doing a combination of a sidespin and a bit of topspin to make the ball swerve in the air following the bounce. For instance, there are two types of tennis balls. The first is pressurized while the other one doesn t. The pressurized version has a hollow core and is filled with air. This is the kind used in major tournaments and has to be disposed off afterwards because it will no longer bounce that well after less than a month in use.