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PRO TENNIS TOUR



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PRO TENNIS

    TOUR

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		      TENNIS

		    SIMULATION



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HIT

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PRO TENNIS TOUR

USING PRO TENNIS TOUR



Pro Tennis Tour lets you enter the world of a professional

tennis player.

Pack your favourite whites and trusty racket and then travel

to the great Grandslam events: Wimbledon, French Open,

U.S. Open, and the Australian Open,

You enter as a 64th ranked player.

Through determination and practice, you can fight your way

up the ranks.  Like the pros, you work the courts and 

establish a game style all your own.

LOADING

Insert the PRO TENNIS TOUR cassette in the cassette player

and switch on your micro-computer.

Confirm the option "CHARGEMENT CASSETTE"

by pressing the RETURN key of your keyboard.

If you do not do anything, the game passes into an automatic

demonstration mode.

To return to the main menu, you simply click on the firing

button of your joystick (or on the key < or alternatively, on 

the ENTER key).

PLAYING PRO TENNIS TOUR



The keyboard controls are as follows:



Player 1			QWERTY keyboard

Upward movement			Q

Downward movement		A

Movement to the right		R

Movement to the left		E



Choice and validation of a shot: < key



Player 2			AZERTY keyboard

Upward movement			I

Downward movement		K

Movement to the right		P

Movement to the left		O

Choice and validation of the shot "." key



Using the joystick:



Movements in the four directions are made using the joystick.

The choice and validation of the shot is made by using the

firing button of your joystick.



SERVING



When you play against the computer, you always begin by

serving.  Click on the firing button of your joystick or the <

key or the space bar.

The move the black crosshair from left to right (depending

on where you're serving from) with either the joystick, the W

and E keys or the P and O keys.

N.B. In "ADVANCED" and "PROFESSIONAL" modes,

be careful to practice before beginning a game.

In these modes, you must release the firing button of your

joystick at the right moment, otherwise the ball will land in

the net or outside the serving lines.



RETURNING THE BALL



During the exchange, press the firing button of your joystick

(or on the key <) to swing back and release it to return the

ball

N.B. The player stops moving when you press the firing

button of your joystick.

It is possible to choose the side of the court on which the

player will play.  To do this, choose the Mode option, then

PLAY BACK if you want to play at the back of the court or 

PLAY FRONT if you want to play at the front of the court.

It is possible to see a demonstration by choosing the DEMO 

mode.



THE MAIN MENU



From the Main Menu you can choose to practice serving and

receiving, participate in tournaments, view your current

ranking, and adjust the difficulty level of the game.

If you just started Pro Tennis Tour, you must enter your name

before competing.  Enter your name and press Return.

Your rank will automatically be 64th.

A screen appears announcing the tournament you're about to

play in.  Press the joystick button to bypass the

announcement, then press the joystick button again to bypass

the screen announcing your match.

Matches are played as in real tennis, except that you always

have the first serve.

Note: you never see your player change sides - for

simplicity's sake, your player always appears in the

foreground.  Your score appears on the screen between

games.  When the score is on the screen, the match is paused

- press the joystick to continue.

When the match is over, your final score appears.

Press the joystick button to exit to the Tournament menu.

If you won your match, select Play again to begin your next

match.  If you lost your match, selecting Play enters you in the 

next tournament.

Once you've taken part in Melbourne Open, you've qualified

to play in the French Open at Roland Garros (regardless of 

your score in Melbourne).

The next tournament on the circuit is the All England

Championship in Wimbledon, followed by the U.S. Open at

Flushing Meadow.

Note: Only the first two matches (the sixteenth and eighth

finals) of the tournament can be played in Easy mode.  The

third match (the quarter final) is always played in at least

Advanced mode.



Practice



Two Players

This lets you play against a human opponent using a second

joystick.  Unlike the Play mode, you and your opponent

change sides after each game.



Machine



Machine lets you practice with an automatic serving machine.

Six different programs help you strengthen your strokes.

Each program adds a new level of complexity by hitting balls

to new locations on the court or introducing a more difficult

pattern.

Program 1 lets you practice returning the ball from the

baseline.

Programs 2 and 3 hit balls into the service courts as well as

the area just past the service line.

Program 4,5 and 6 let you practice returning the ball from

all areas of the court.

Grass	- Wimbledon

Clay	- French Open

Cement	- Australian Open or U.S. Open



TENNIS TECHNIQUES



Serving



Serving is a three-step process.

1. Push the fire button on the joystick to toss up the ball.

2. In front of the server on the court, you'll see crosshair (+).

Guide the Crosshair over to your opponent's service court

(diagonal to you) where you want the ball to land.

3. Push the button to hit the ball.

Note: In Easy mode, you don't have to push the button a

second time.  If you're slow in guiding the cursor, the ball will

be launched automatically.

If you push the fire button too early, the ball will go outside

the boundaries.



Serving

1. You always serve first against the computer.

If you're playing against a friend, joystick 2 serves first.

You alternate serves after each game.

You change ends of the court only when you're playing

against a human opponent, you'll change at the end of the 

first, third and every subsequent alternate game of each set.



(C) 1989 UBI SOFT.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Pro Tennis Tour is a trademark of UBI SOFT & 9c0 1989

UBI SOFT.

The Hit Squad,

P.O. Box 350,

Manchester.

M60 2LX



