As a tennis expert, I can guide you through the basic steps of playing tennis. Tennis is a sport that can be played as a singles match, which involves two players, or as a doubles match, which involves four players split into two teams. The game begins with a serve, which is when the player designated as the server attempts to hit the ball diagonally across the net into the service box on the opponent's side of the court. The serve is the only shot in tennis where the server can choose the direction of the shot. Once the ball is in play, the players take turns hitting the ball back and forth over the net, with the goal of preventing the opponent from making a successful return. A point is scored when a player fails to return the ball, when the ball hits the opponent's court outside the boundaries, or when the opponent commits a fault. read more >>

Tennis is played between two players, this is called singles or two teams of two players, four in all, this is called doubles. Play starts when the player whose turn it is to serve attempts to hit a ball into play. Play will then continue should the receiver manage to return the ball back to his opponent.read more >>