Tennis in Olympic 2008, like that of every other year, is going to be rocking in the equal way. With the advancement in tennis playing technique and enhancement in efficiency level among the players, the Tennis in Olympic 2008 is definitely going to be a matter of greatest attraction among the other sorting events. In this context certain facts about the Tennis in Olympic must be mentioned. It was one of the original nine Olympic sports and for the first time was introduced in Athens(1896). In this year Ireland’s John Boland defeated Dionysios Kasdaglis of Greece and became the first Olympic tennis champion. In 1900 Charlotte Cooper became the first woman Olympic champion to win an Olympic medal in any sport with the introduction of women to the Games. The sport continued to be staged at the Games until 1924, with Laurie Doherty, Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills among the remarkable winners.
Due to some inexplicable reasons tennis was withdrawn from Olympics in 1924. In 1984 this game again received a welcome in 1984 as a 21-and-under demonstration event. The 2004 Olympic Games in Sydney has the record of participation of highest number of tennis players. Some of the all time great tennis players have also received the championship title. The list od players include: Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Andre Agassi, Goran Ivanisevic, Lindsay Davenport, Steffi Graf, Gabriela Sabatini, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Venus Williams and Serena Williams. Wheelchair tennis was introduced to the Paralympic Games for the first time in 1988 as a demonstration sport and achieved full medal status at 1992 Barcelona. It has now bcome one of the highest profile events in the Paralympic Games and, in September 2004, all the top players of the paralympic tennis game are participating in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
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