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Mini-lecture 3 Gap-filling Task Tennis During the first 50 years of its history, tennis was largely a pastime of ___1____ people. Its widespread popularity began with the growth of __2____. This happened immediately after the major national championships became ___3____ events. They began to accept professionals as well as amateurs. Soon industrial firms began to ___4__tournaments and offer large cash prizes. The turning point came in 1968, when the British, with the final permission of the International Lawn Tennis Federation, transformed their Wimbledon championships to an open event. In t