real tennis

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“I was more nervous there than any of my real tennis matches,” Fritz said.

From Reuters • May 3, 2020

Group 2 features Dominic Thiem, John Isner, Diego Schwartzman and the David Ferrer, coming out of retirement from real tennis to make an appearance in the virtual world.

From Reuters • Apr. 24, 2020

Known now as real tennis, it was a diversion for royalty and their minions in France, England and elsewhere during the Renaissance and beyond.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2017

“It’s as beautiful and strong as hitting an ace or a forehand winner, a real tennis shot.”

From New York Times • May 27, 2010

It is impossible to buy a real tennis hall in the German Empire to-day.

From The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War by Curtin, D. Thomas