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You want to go into a weird sporting rabbit hole? Look up real tennis.

No, this isn’t tennis as we know it. It’s the original form of tennis. Hence the “real”.

It’s played indoors. And bizarrely, it features three sloping roofs.

This is what a court looks like.

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Ruth Mottram 2y ago

nostr:npub1jeqcnv0u9nyz8vjknegr2p62f54hfm3v9srudwq4rzarz4tqwk7qlujglm I believe the "Real" is actually from the Spanish word for "Royal".

Either way it's definitely a game for the privileged!

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Chris Trottier 2y ago

nostr:npub14k23hl0c7a0ecs42wndgxg4l7w9ve03jtdlg48hvj93zdtq2cf9q3ted68 Apparently, the “real” in real tennis is a retronym.

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