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Yellow tennis balls which look better on colour TV were the idea of David Attenborough when he was controller of BBC2. | Tennis balls, Tennis ball, Tennis
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
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Quite Interesting on X: "In the first half of the 20th century, tennis balls were usually white. And so it was, until a young TV producer called David Attenborough got involved… 🎾 #
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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
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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Can anyone tell me from which year these Slazenger balls are and possibly how much they are worth today? : r/tennis
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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Fans are only just realising why tennis balls are yellow… and it's all thanks to David Attenborough | The Sun
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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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