Read the article about tennis.
Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space.
Tennis
The English name ‘tennis’ comes from the French word ‘tenez’, which means ‘to hold’. When the first game of tennis was played hundreds of years ago, people (1) ............... their hands to hit the ball. Now, we have rackets (2) ................ .
In the (3) ................ game of tennis, a player (4) ................ to get four points to win a game, and six games to win a set. In women’s tennis, a player wins the match by winning two sets. This is (5) ................ the same in men’s tennis but, in some competitions, men need to win three sets to win a match.
If two people play against each other, it is called a singles match. If there are two players on each side, it is (6) ................ a doubles match.
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