テニス (tenisu) means “tennis” | MotiTan Japanese Dictionary

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私はテニスをします。watashi wa te ni su o shi ma su

I play tennis.

学校のテニス部に入りました。gak kō no te ni su bu ni hai ri ma shi ta

I joined the school tennis club.

A racket sport centers on sending a ball over a net so an opponent cannot return it within the court.

庭球teikyū: A formal name for a racket sport in which players hit a ball across a net.

ラケットでボールを打ち合い、ネット越しに相手のコートへ入れて得点を競う球技。ra ke tto de bō ru o u chi a i ne tto go shi ni ai te no kō to e i re te toku ten o kiso u kyū gi

テニス (tenisu) is borrowed from English tennis, which came through French tenez, an expression meaning "hold" or "take" used when serving the ball.

In everyday English, tennis normally follows play rather than do, as in play tennis.