In the second installment of 'The Game Is The Game' where Adidas tennis players are challenged in tennis-based games from around the world, tennis stars Caroline Wozniacki , Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Ana Ivanovic and Gilles Simon played Stické Tennis - a racquet sport invented in the late 19th century merging aspects of real tennis and all the basics of lawn tennis with the addition of side and back walls.
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