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The complex of outdoor tennis courts meets the requirements of international standarts and International Tennis Federation ITF. It consists of two grounds with three courts each. All of them have special coverings. There is also a separate tournament court with comfortable tribunes.
The clay covering corresponds to the technology of court building in Roland-Garros (France), where «Great Helmet» tournament takes place. The drenage system is able to afford to dry the courts after the rain in an hour and a half.
The tournament court is destined for arranging competitions and demonstration games of any rank. The court seats 588 spectators. It is certificated for arranging ITF tournaments.
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The prototype of the present-day tennis is the ball game which was available in the XIII-XIVth centuries in Italy, England and France. The players passed the ball over a stretched rope. Rackets appeared two centuries later, in the XVIth century.
Modern tennis began to develop in 1873 in Great Britain. The inventor of the game is considered to be the officer of the Britain Army Walter Wingfield, who published the rules of this game in 1874.
The first tennis tournament was held in 1877 in Wimbledon (England). Later on it became traditional and at present it is still the greatest tournament in the world.
In 1913 ITF was founded. In 1998 the Federation united 190 national federations.
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