Josh Smith is the resident professional at Holyport Real Tennis Club
MAIDENHEAD: Josh Smith is a tennis pro with a difference — playing, coaching and even making the balls for the members at Holyport Real Tennis Club in London’s leafy commuter belt.
Smith’s domain is a cavernous and historic brick building in Berkshire, to the west of the capital, constructed in 1889 by renowned court builder Joseph Bickley.
Real tennis boasts that it is the oldest racquet sport in the world — famously played by Britain’s King Henry VIII — and it is the ancestor of the modern game of lawn tennis.
The asymmetrical court at Holyport, a jeu a dedans court, includes many quirky features such as sloping roofs, openings in the walls and a buttress…
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