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Tennis was once too sweaty for polite society

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While today we view it as a highly sophisticated country club pastime, early versions of the sport were considered shockingly crude. Swinging a racket and running around the lawn was thought to cause too much unseemly perspiration and disruption for anyone claiming to have delicate sensibilities.

Tennis was once too sweaty for polite society
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