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SiamSportsPro Tennis Academy Phuket on Instagram: "🎾Before Sir David Attenborough's input, tennis balls used to be white or black depending on the colour of the court. 📺BBC2 implemented colour on their broadcast
![TIL tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. : r/tennis TIL tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. : r/tennis](https://external-preview.redd.it/h3waQnt9J20gpQylJRM-hd1DFJGnSMPHsMdsknPeOtY.jpg?auto=webp&s=3301583ede73d8ce62307c92b77323ecf7a0096a)
TIL tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. : r/tennis
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Fans are only just realising why tennis balls are yellow… and it's all thanks to David Attenborough | The Sun
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Fans are only just realising why tennis balls are yellow… and it's all thanks to David Attenborough | The Sun
Tennis balls used to be black and white, but were changed to yellow for TV viewers thanks to David Attenborough's suggestion | Instagram
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Why Sir David Attenborough is the main reason tennis balls are yellow - as fans are shocked to learn they used to be white or black in the late 1800s | Daily
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Mail Sport on X: "Tennis balls used to be black or white until the 1970s - but Sir David Attenborough was having NONE of it! 🤯🎾 Read more 👉 https://t.co/Rg4wtQQp41 https://t.co/jWIzjtOocb" /
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Fans are only just realising why tennis balls are yellow… and it's all thanks to David Attenborough | The Sun
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