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Did you know that in Tennis the term "Love" is generally taken as being derived from the French "l’oeuf", the egg, symbolising nothing. The term "Love" can also be said to come from the English phrase "neither for love nor for money", indicating nothing.

An exciting stage of the game is when both players find themselves drawn at ‘Deuce’, but where does this term come from? Deuce comes from 'à deux le jeu', meaning "to both is the game" (that is, the two players have equal scores).

Tennis originated in the mid-14th century in France and most likely comes from Anglo-French word tenetz "hold! receive! take!," and from O.Fr. tenez, imperative of tenir "to hold, receive, take,"

Do you know what the complex computer system used to track the path of the ball and display a record of its most statistically likely path as a moving image is called? It is called Hawkeye!

In the very early days of tennis the first ball would be brought into play by actual Servants – as such, to best serve the ball!

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