New England

What's in your Bag - Featuring Eric Zhang

James Maimonis, Manager, Media & Communications | December 01, 2020

BARRINGTON, RI - Eric Zhang, a senior at Barrington High School in Barrington, RI, will be playing tennis at Kenyon College in Ohio next fall. Eric is a top-10 ranked New England player in the Boys' 18s division who trains with Mario Llano at Centre Court in East Providence and with Doug Eng throughout the Boston area. Eric and his family moved to the United States from China in 2014 when he was 11 years old.

We caught up with Eric in his hometown of Barrington to find out what he carries in his tennis bag. 

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