Action verbs and sports expressions

People have ..... against each other in bowling for thousands of years.

The French probably originally ..... tennis in about 1150.

Martina Navratilova ..... into one of the world's greatest tennis players.

Michael Schumacher has ..... Formula 1 racing over the past decade.

Helen Moody ..... a record of eight Wimbledon singles titles.

In Germany during the Middle Ages, people ..... bowling at village dances.

Ellen Hanson ..... the first singles crown at the U.S. Open in 1887.

Mary E. Outerbridge ..... the first tennis court in New York City in 1874.

Althea Gibson ..... to play tennis on the streets of New York City.

In 1926, Suzanne Lenglen ..... in the first U.S. professional tennis tour.