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Real tennis (ancient sport that modern tennis evolved from)
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The Tennis Court Oath from the French Revolution was declared in such a tennis court.
Before I learned that, I always wondered why they would go to a tennis court, as opposed to a square or just on the street. Turns out they preferred a roof.