Tennis
The professional sport
The matches of professional players can take many hours.There are big tournaments like the Australian Opens.The Australian Opens is the biggest sport event in Australia.Novak Djokovic is the last who won this tournament because of that he is the best player in the whole world.The field is 24m long and 8m wide.The national Tennis league in Germany is the Bundesliga.The results from 2011 were:
Team | Points |
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1.TK Kurhaus Aachen | 15:1 |
2.Blau-Weiß Halle | 13:3 |
3.Erfurter TC Rot-Weiß | 12:4 |
4.TK Grün-Weiß Mannheim | 10:6 |
5.Rochusclub Düsseldorf | 10:6 |
6.Blau-Weiß Neuss | 4:12 |
7.Amberg am Schanzl | 4:12 |
8.Tennis Club 1. FC Nürnberg | 3:13 |
9.HTC Blau-Weiß Krefeld | 1:15 |
TK Kurhaus Aachen has won the "Bundesliga".
Novak Djokovic the best player
Djokovic has won 29 titles in his career.He won his first grand slam single title at the Australian Opens 2008 against Jo Wilfried Tsonga.2011 at the French Open Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal and become the number one.
It's Rafael Nadal --Olivier. Fo. 21:35, 22. Mär. 2012 (CET)
Tennis records
In the tennis history are many records like the longest match in the whole world,it was between Nicolas Mahut and John Isner on 22,23 and 24 June 2010.It tooks 11 hours and 5 minutes.The shortest match in the history was between Lamine Ouahab and Omar Abounnour and the game was terminated after 30 minutes and 36 seconds.Ivo Karlovic have the fastest serve (251 km/h).