Special tennis in Sydney – level 1

20-01-2015 07:00

Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt are professional tennis players. They play tennis under a bridge. They are on boats. The bridge is in Sydney, Australia.

Then they play tennis at the Opera House. It is a friendly match. It promotes Fast4 Tennis. It is a new type of tennis. It is easier than normal tennis. It is also quicker. It is for people who don’t have much time.

Difficult words: professional (a person that is very good at something and he does it for money), match (a game), promote (to make popular).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

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