tennis

verkkopallo, tennis puhekieltä A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
{{quote-book|year=1935|author=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/288354.George_Goodchild George Goodchild
puhekieltä A match in this sport.
1918, (w), The Last Ditch (page 95)

We go about to parties in the daytime as usual, teas and tennises(..)

His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, (..) were familiar to all London.

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