TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book. Our ancestors started playing the game outdoors for the first time thanks to a Birmingham lawyer who experimented with the sport. Instead of the Wimbledon as we know it with strict singles and doubles teams with no mixing of the sexes the early Victorians were MORE liberal. In a version called the Unicorn one player could play against two opponents. And while ladies were discouraged from playing - they were permitted to battle against the men. This means if Wimbledon was played the Victorian way we could be looking at a big female name like Serena Williams playing the likes of Murray AND Djokovic. History buffs of the sport insist the 1874 'Lawn tennis or Pelota rules of the game' by Thomas Henry Gem was the first of its kind. Former PE teachers Sue Elks, 69, and Christopher Elks, 68, from Wythall in the West Midlands explained the difference the modern game has with the tennis of yesteryear.
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .