Softtennis

at the end of the 19th century tennis was introduced to Japan by a western missionary and was later modified for the Asian physique. A special racquet and ball were developed and the game became known as Soft Tennis. In 1973 the International Soft Tennis Federation was established with the first world championships following in 1975. Since then the championships have been held every four years with players from almost 65 countries taking part Soft Tennis was introduced to the Asian Games programme as an exhibition sport in the 11th Asian Games in Beijing in 1990 and subsequently became an official sport during the 12th Asian Games in Hiroshima Japan in 1994 has been in the Asian Games programme ever since. Indian Soft Tennis Teams will participate in 16th Asian Games 2010 at China in 2010.