Tennis is a sport usually played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Object of the game is to play the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a good return. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including people in wheelchairs.
The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England in the late 19th century as "lawn tennis" which has close connections to various field/lawn games as well as to the ancient game of real tennis. Up to then, "tennis" referred to the latter sport: for example, in Disraeli's novel Sybil (1845), Lord Eugene De Vere announces that he will "go down to Hampton Court and play tennis. As it is the Derby [classic horse race], nobody will be there". After its creation, lawn tennis spread throughout the upper-class English-speaking population before spreading around the world.
Andre Kirk Agassi ( /ˈɑːndreɪ ˈæɡəsi/; born April 29, 1970) is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game. Described by the BBC upon his retirement as "perhaps the biggest worldwide star in the sport's history", Agassi's performances, along with his unorthodox apparel and attitude, have seen him cited as one of the most charismatic players in the history of the game, and credited for helping revive the popularity of tennis during the 1990s.
In singles tennis, Agassi is an eight-time Grand Slam champion who competed in 15 Grand Slam finals, and an Olympic gold medalist. A multi-surface specialist, he is the first of two male players to have achieved a singles Career Golden Slam, and one of four to have achieved a singles Career Grand Slam in the Open Era (one of seven in history). He was the first male player to win all four Grand Slams on three different surfaces (hard, clay and grass), and is the last American male to win the French Open (1999) and the Australian Open (2003). Agassi also won 17 ATP Masters Series titles, the 1990 ATP Tour World Championships, and was part of a winning Davis Cup team in 1990 and 1992. He is the only male singles player in history to have won all four Grand Slam tournaments, the Olympic gold medal and the ATP Tour World Championships: a distinction dubbed as a "Career Super Slam" by Sports Illustrated.
Peter "Pete" Sampras (/ˈsæmprəs/; born August 12, 1971) is a retired Greek–American tennis player and former world number 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
Sampras debuted on the professional tour in 1988 and played his last top-level tournament in 2002 when he won the US Open, defeating rival Andre Agassi in the final. He was the year-end world no. 1 for six consecutive years (1993–1998), a record for the open era. His seven Wimbledon singles championships are also an Open Era record. He spent 286 weeks at no. 1, the most of any male player. His five US Open singles titles is an Open Era record shared with former world no. 1 players Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer. Sampras is the last American male to win Wimbledon (2000) and the ATP World Tour Finals (1999).
Novak Djokovic (Serbian: Новак Ђоковић or Novak Đoković; pronounced [nɔ̂ʋaːk dʑɔ̂ːkɔʋitɕ] ( listen); born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked World No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) since 4 July 2011. He has won five Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008, 2011 and 2012 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open. By winning three Majors in 2011, Djokovic became the sixth male player in the open era to win three Majors in a calendar year.
He is the first male player representing Serbia to win a Major singles title and the youngest player in the open era to have reached the semifinals of all four Grand Slam events, separately and consecutively. Amongst other titles, he won the Tennis Masters Cup in 2008 and was on the team which won the 2010 Davis Cup. He also won the bronze medal in singles at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He has won 11 Masters 1000 series titles placing him joint fourth on the all time list. Djokovic has quickly moved up in the rankings of history. Tennis Channel ranked him number 40 , and former player Pat Cash said he is one of the greatest ever.
Andrew "Andy" Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a Scottish professional tennis player, ranked No. 4 in the world, and was ranked No. 2 from 17 to 31 August 2009. Murray achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on 16 April 2007. He has been runner-up in three Grand Slam finals: the 2008 US Open, the 2010 Australian Open and the 2011 Australian Open, losing the first two to Roger Federer and the third to Novak Djokovic. In 2011, Murray became only the seventh player in the Open Era to reach the semi-finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments in one year.
Andy Murray was born to Will and Judy in Glasgow, Scotland. His maternal grandfather, Roy Erskine, was a professional footballer who played reserve team matches for Hibernian and in the Scottish Football League for Stirling Albion and Cowdenbeath. Murray's brother, Jamie, is also a professional tennis player, playing on the doubles circuit. Following the separation of his parents when he was nine years old, Andy and Jamie lived with their father. Murray later attended Dunblane High School. Murray is in a five-year relationship with Kim Sears, who is regularly seen attending his matches. The relationship ended briefly in 2009 before they reconciled a short time later in 2010.
Lovers advantage - nobodies faults
Obeying it's a tie-break
Please don't try to overrule it
If you give me the advantage I can make a
Return off my favours
Lovers advantage - nobodies faults
Man drivin' at open
There's a hole in the rocket and a wreckage in
My package I'm swoping
She's wishing I'm hoping
Lovers advantage - nobodies faults
Make it proficient - pose in your court
Asserted four aces now it's deuce
And match and I think I really put it through a paces
Quiet please, spectators
Lovers advantage - nobodies faults
Make it proficient - pose in your court
Obeying it's a tie-break
Please don't try to overrule it
If you give me the advantage I can make a
Return off my favours
Lovers advantage - nobodies faults
Make it proficient - pose in your court
Lovers advantage - nobodies faults
Make it proficient - pose in your court
Lovers advantage - nobodies faults
Make it proficient - pose in your court
In the morning madness and the stabbing light
She pours the coffee and she says
";What was wrong with you last night?";
";Dreams, just dreams my love, we're half asleep";
But the headline's on tennis
So it seems, everything's all right
There's a girl from the Midwest, with a pretty face
Scratched where it itched, they said it was a disgrace
";I don't wanna go to work today
Wanna stay at home and watch that girl play";
Do you like tennis?
Yes I do
There are people in boats in the middle of the sea
Crying and dying like Jews
Do you like tennis?
Freedom is the man with the red grenade
She ran out of gas, got beat and raped
Do you like tennis?
Well do you like tennis?
Yes I do
South Carolina where the Cypress grow
White pine and hemlock all seem to know
The tidal sweep through your southern marsh
The squall last night was a little harsh
Your little island lees give us shelter from the seas
Oh no, what was that, a no-ce-um attack
The sun is sinking awfully fast
Can we make it last
We can't move on by looking back
Can we make it last
South Carolina really makes a man
If The South can't do it then no one can
The morning breeze is my favorite part
Carry South Carolina deep in my heart
We'll make a family in the quiet country
bap-ba-bap-pab-ba (x4)
oo-woah-oh
It was a summer day,
When you took my cares away
When you whispered to me,
And it was so sweet,
She can blow us off track, so marry me,
You found the weathered boat,
Ocean baby you would know,
When you feel the bow cutting through the waves
No other motion can pass the day
Seafarer look what you've done
Got me chasing after the sun
I've left my home and friends behind
You've driven me clean out of my mind
Don't tell me when you've set sail
You'd face a number if you could scale
I know I never learned to set the oar
Nothing left for me back on shore
Will you call on me when you're living on the sea?
Will you call on me when your living on the-
Oh-oo-oo-oh-oo-oo-ohoh-o (x2)
Seafarer I must love you,
Why else would I follow you
I've left my home and friends behind
You've driven me clean out of my mind
Seafarer, oh-o-oh, you and I belong together
Seafarer, oh-o-oh, you and I belong oh-o-o-oh-woah
Seafarer, oh-o-oh, you and I belong together
My better self still knows
That meaning comes and goes
What is it made?
I do not know
But meaning comes and it goes
Each and every portent
Of bitter substance spent
Despite the effort I have planned
You seem to lose what I've meant
If I don't use words
Then each sound goes unheard
Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs
Symbols suggest they are fit to possess
A purposely function
That cannot be met
Those who created know
Air is in man and blow
Only the value given shows
That meaning comes and goes
My better self still knows
That meaning comes and goes
What is it made?
I do not know
But meaning comes and it goes
If I don't use words
Then each sound goes unheard
Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs
But symbols suggest they are fit to possess
A purposely function
That cannot be met
If I don't use words
Then each sound goes unheard
Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs
But symbols suggest they are fit to possess
A purposely function
That cannot be met
My better self still knows
That meaning comes and goes
What is it made?
I do not know
Featuring: Tennis
Coconut Grove is a very small cove
separated from the sea by a shifting shoal
we didn't realize that we had arrived at high tide, high tide
Barely made it out alive
Oohhoohuh
Oohhoohuh
When all the right officials (??) were working at night
not even once did we see a light
we didn't realize the forecast had been revised
by moonless skies and shifting winds that gusts and dies
on the sand I kissed even but tonight I've got to believe in
driving through the day and into the evening
Ohohoh
oohoohooh
Marathon how long you've been gone and still I go seperate upon you (X2)
The low lighting shores open welcoming word
to one who spent the night at sea
drift to the shallows and modest re-perfecting(??)
At dawn your bright colors shows
rushing (??) in the right ridge that is lovers clothes (??)
Ohohohuuoh
Take me out, baby
I want to go sail tonight
I can see ocean floor in the pale moon light
Ooh... Lets explore the sheltered banks 'til the morning light
And we won't turn back 'til the shoreline is out of sight
Ooh... ooh... woah... ooh... ooh...
We can play in the surf holding hands
And nap through the day on sun bathed sands
We can live on an island of old conch shells
We can listen to the sound of the ocean swells
Ooh... ooh... woah... ooh... woah... ooh
Do you want to go where it never snows
And the mid-sixties are the extreme lows
Well, I know a place hidden by the sea
We drift all day in the gentle reef
Ooh...
Up to this creek they come to meet
Where they done days by the summer heat
The sun is always in their eyes
They hold their glasses like they'd rise
On a clouded fair and gin they dine
They're always losing track of time
All sloppy men grow paradise
They import everything that's nice
Comfort is all what really heard
Beaches are transient, they look
Lover, too many to quote
But better times they never show
By now the dreams have all been dreamt
All of the money has been spent
The crashing surf upon the ground
They know I never hear this sound
Our life of middling at best
Put that pro-touch-up to a rest
Was either choice, they do not know
That better times they never showed
Paradise is all around
But happiness is never found
Paradise is all around
Been reaching for my baby
Grow sullen with my darling
I'll hold the sheet tight, keeping watch through the night
I would be there i promise to take good care of you
Been reaching for my baBY
Grow sullen with my darling
Ill be holding you tight let you sleep through the night
Let the wind blow we will be safe i know
I will be there i promise to take care of you
And he stood ...in tassle and tears,
... such maker and just to leave
And ask if I'm right, we're making good time
We'll make when fall by time
The words you read you keep alone
So ...and evade, oh, oh, oh
Sail me away to Bimini Bay, oh, oh, oh
Sail me away to Bimini Bay, oh, oh, oh
We've been gone for so very long and we forgot from where we are from
I prefer to think of you
As a man of many means
Of powers extreme
Exposed to the extreme
Made you so determined
In a map that changes mind
The only possible excuse
For a pretended to be by
Misinform the life all know
On my banner censor shows
No, oh
Misinform the life all know
On my banner censor shows
No, oh
I can't know the riot is
His motives are mysterious
His anger extreme
Exposed to the extreme
I see your hidden past
Our memories that don't go back
And not to remember why
I'm supposed to lack
Misinform the life all know
On my banner censor shows
No, oh
Misinform the life all know
On my banner censor shows
No, oh
For those who never have
You keep coming back
Take it, take away
Till the ... ask
For those who never have
You keep coming back
Take it, take away
Till the . ask
Misinform the life all know
On my banner censor shows
No, oh
Misinform the life all know
On my banner censor shows
No, oh
Misinform the life all know
On my banner censor shows
No, oh
Misinform the life all know
On my banner censor shows
Little virgin, clean and bright
Milk white skin moved in from night
Unblemished are your private parts
Desire can't oppress your light
Queue 'round movements that you make
Will not make men hesitate
Lest your chimes are all revealed
Then your barrow you may wheel
Do not furrow that perfect brow
Chaste lips never to part 'til now
Do not furrow that perfect brow
Chaste lips never to part 'til now
Child, all of this we have done for you
Child, we are only thinking of you
Little virgin, sweetly made
Knows not of the plans we've laid
Got the fragile flickering light
To extinguish as we write
Free from every wicked thing
You receive a diamond ring
Prepubescent wedding day
There upon you lay your head
Do not furrow that perfect brow
Chaste lips never to part 'til now
Do not furrow that perfect brow
Why did you ever leave today?
No you've been miles away
You took chance leaving after stands
You can play me on your circumstances
You set up on a simple life
Meant to be home on be forgot
Now you see that
Oh is not as you seem
You fade, you can't believe
Then i glimpse you as you lied in here
Consciously.near
And i can't be sure if you can hear me
Now you can rest a time indeed
Took a way and rest a .wings
No you dream, oh perfectly dreams
You love me to believe
Simple shells upon the wrist
If love.that has no hand
So smile you seem within my hand
You got the strength to leave again
Still have the strength but you carry on
And now it's gone
Simple shells upon the wrist
If love.that has no hand
So smile you seem within my hand
You got the strength to leave again
Still dreamin' of the thick and green.
Salty marsh bed by the tidal stream.
Look down the ?, sleepin' deep in the brush.
The night brings the hush I can hear the current
Beatin' by the leaves of the Cypris trees.
The insects chirpin' underneath the leaves.
When you kiss me, you really kiss me.
Tell me how-ow-oo-ow can you resist me?
Did we ever really leave?
This is all I really need.
Did we ever really leave?
There's nothing left for me
There's nothing there for me
So far as I can see
There's nothing left for me
As a child I was told
We all possess a soul
And one day when I'm old
I re-shot, been more bold
Oh, my mistakes, imperfections, they make me
Long for a place where they can't overtake me
There's nothing there for me
There's nothing there for me
So far as I can see
There's nothing there for me
But if you're only passing through
Then please don't forget when you do
But if you're only passing through
Then take me to heaven with you
I'd never believe in what I can't see
Oh, if all you say is true
Then take me to heaven with you
When I pass away
This will fade away
What promises I make
I know I may not stay
When I pass away
All this will fade
My promise I made
I know I may not stay
There's nothing there for me
There's nothing there for me
So far as I can see
There's nothing there for me
But if you're only passing through
Then please don't forget when you do
But if you're only passing through
Then please don't forget when you do
If you're only passing through
Then take me to heaven with you
If you're only passing through
Then take me to heaven with you
I'd never believe in what I can't see
Oh, if all you say is true
I'll bring down this house
I'll creep in and out
The thieves of the wind leaving no trace about
But all that I touch will be changed be undoubt
Mind you I'll mind you I'm mine to protect
I will Watch over you who will suspect
Deep in the woods where no one can detect
In the woods something glowing
A burning light has started growing
It feels like a change is upon us at last
Consuming us fast, change is upon us!
The smoke in the night
the ash on the light
I think that it might be the best thing in sight
I know now I am right to
let you be consumed by the light
The curse on this house has been cast throughout
Only I know what lingers without
All that has led me be proof be undoubt
Bury my love right deep in the ground
I went from watchful eyes all around
Secret/Save for the treasure that can not be found
In the woods something glowing
A burning light has started growing
It feels like a change is upon us at last
Consuming us fast, change is upon us!
In the woods something glowing
A burning light has started growing
It feels like a change is upon us at last
Consuming us fast, change is upon us!
The smoke in the night
the ash on the light
I think that it might be the last thing in sight
I know now I am right to
let you be consumed by
the smoke in the night
the ash on the light
I think that it might be the last thing in sight
I know now I am right to
let you be consumed
I know now I am right to
We can take it, we can make it.
These streets can't be tougher than sea.
Baltimore, you're potholes bore me.
Can't you see you're acting poorly?
Oooh oohh oohh ohh (x2)
Can we get a job, can we get a job?
We need off this dock.
Is that asking alot? (x2)
Now I've seen it all before, when no one's opened up their door.
How is one meant to survive when one is over-qualified?
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh.
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh.
Oooh ooh, ooh ooh.
Took a train to
Took a train to get to you
Finally got there
And I couldn't find you anywhere
We could be good but we don't live the way that we should
Constantly told we're imperfect and cannot be good
Took a train to
Took a train to get to you
Finally got there
And I couldn't find you anywhere
We could be good but we don't live the way that we should
Constantly told we're imperfect and cannot be good
Tired of waiting around for you to intervene
Tired of wishing that you even knew what I mean
When I say your name
I look for a change
But everywhere I go
It all feels the same
When I say your name
I look for a change
But everywhere I go
It all feels the same
When I say your name
I look for a change
But everywhere I go
It all feels the same
When I say your name
I look for a change
But everywhere I go
It all feels the same
We could be good but we don't live the way that we should
Constantly told we're imperfect and cannot be good
Tired of waiting around for you to intervene
Darling you know I love you, I love you,
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
I'll stay with you, ask me to, ask me to,
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
We expect the light out.
It drains the confidence out of me,
So little shore boats to accept,
Those sailors you have better be good
Darling you know I love you, I love you
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
I'll stay with you, ask me to, ask me to!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Standing there looking so sweet,
Tell me baby...
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
Imagine me not on the ground
You know that I will never forget
The days we spend could have
Long boat pass, long boat pass,
That is all I ask.
Long boat pass, long boat pass,
That is all I ask .
Please let me...
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
We'll ...
Now, leave your hand in mine.
The heat strikes me as divine.
Seated here by my side,
the day blurs into the night.
How is it you seem to know what I tried not to show?
This must be rare,
'cause nothing else could compare,
not that I'm aware of.
This must be rare,
'cause nothing else could compare,
not that I'm aware of.
Seems like we've travelled for days,
though we vanish away.
Tell me where you need to go.
Darling, can we take it slow?
Let's not stop.
Please, let's go.
Say you're mine.
Say it slow,
to be sure we know.
Across the Saccharine Plain,
cracked and devoid of rain.
I think of life without pain,
to hide my hope from his scissors' strain.
How is it you seem to know what I tried not to show?
This must be rare,
'cause nothing else could compare,
not that I'm aware of.
This must be rare,
'cause nothing else could compare,
not that I'm aware of.
Seems like we've travelled for days
though we vanish away
Tell me where you need to go.
Darling, can we take it slow?
Let's not stop.
Please, let's go.
Say you're mine.
Say it slow,
Scissored the .to do from this .
Many to the play .
Closer than mine to test .
Tempt to fade and I'll identify
You in there a pity bear
To know the thought a sealing fair
Will you make much children bear
The consequences everywhere
Chorus:
Is it so hard to forgive the way
That we have made to live how much
Is required to say things nice
Have you confused no power of mine
You in there a pity bear
To know the thought a sealing fair
Will you make much children bear
The consequences everywhere
In a man you seem to be
A picture of fragility
What is it that you think of me
Is it a woman that you see
2 x Chorus:
Is it so hard to forgive the way
That we have made to live
How much is required to say things nice
Have you confused no power at mine
I get the tiller, you get the line
Crystalline water with manta ray shine
Annapolis ships heel and dip
Swift Rangers' lines clean and sleek
Does the mainsheet remind you of me?
Do nautical things make you miss the sea?
Make fast the lines, please don't waste anytime
Oh, I feel the wind blowing
Sultry in the summer heat.
I know with you we can't be beat.
Take me somewhere.
Take me somewhere.
Take me somewhere.
Why don't you take me somewhere?
Sittin' in the sand
Waitin' for you to return to land
Sittin' in the sand
Waitin' for you to return to land
Oh, take me somewhere
Take me somewhere
Take me somewhere
I've searched high and low
I've looked deep inside
But how can I know
For such a long time
I've hoped for a sign
That one day I'd find
We'd been and found
Either inside or out
I have to take time
You're meaning contained
Your valued displayed
By speaking your name
You revealed yourself in a dream
Then you told me how to believe
Dreaming, I'm dreaming
I can still believe in
I'm dreaming I can still believe in you
I've searched high and low
I've looked deep inside
But how can I know
For such a long time
I've hoped for a sign
That one day I'd find
We'd been and found
Either inside or out
I have to take time
You're meaning contained
Your valued displayed
By speaking your name
You revealed yourself in a dream
Then you told me how to believe
Dreaming, I'm dreaming
I can still believe in
I'm dreaming I can still believe in you
Dreaming, I'm dreaming
I can still believe in
I'm dreaming I can still believe in you
I'm dreaming, I am dreaming
I can still believe in
I'm dreaming I can still believe in you
Dreaming, I am dreaming
I can still believe in
My better self still knows
That meaning comes and goes
What is it made?
I do not know
But meaning comes and it goes
Each and every portent
Of bitter substance spent
Despite the effort I have planned
You seem to lose what I've meant
If I don't use words
Then each sound goes unheard
Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs
Symbols suggest they are fit to possess
A purposely function
That cannot be met
Those who created know
Air is in man and blow
Only the value given shows
That meaning comes and goes
My better self still knows
That meaning comes and goes
What is it made?
I do not know
But meaning comes and it goes
If I don't use words
Then each sound goes unheard
Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs
But symbols suggest they are fit to possess
A purposely function
That cannot be met
If I don't use words
Then each sound goes unheard
Utterly senseless without nouns and verbs
But symbols suggest they are fit to possess
A purposely function
That cannot be met
My better self still knows
That meaning comes and goes
What is it made?
I do not know