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Fast Facts:
- Tennis is a demanding game of skill and fitness. Since tennis requires alertness and tactical thinking, it may generate new connections between nerves in the brain and thus promote a lifetime of continuing development of the brain.
- Tennis is played on a rectangular, flat surface. This court is made from grass, clay, or concrete and asphalt. The players must hit a ball, with a regulation size racquet, across a net.
- People who participate in tennis three hours per week (at moderately vigorous intensity) cut their risk of death in half.
- Tennis is an official Olympic Sport.
