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#NationalTennisMonth / #PowerOfTennis

Ron Cioffi | May 20, 2021

USTA celebrates the surge of 4 million new tennis players with #NationalTennisMonth, supported by USTA Southern's #PowerOfTennis campaign in May 2021. In the nine USTA Southern states, participate grew 31% last year.

 

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Christoph Vogt, who finished in the top 10 of three different 2020 USTA adult age-level rankings, says he will be playing tennis "until I croak."

Noah Johnston talks about staying calm to increase your tennis performance. His top-ranked mom and coach talks about new players starting tennis in Anderson, SC.

Atlanta junior Visnja Gusavac, and her mom, Alexandra, talk about the joy of going all out and competing.

The Commodores co-founder and trumpet player William King talks about his love of tennis during National Tennis Month. King, and his wife, Deborah, volunteer as Southern Tennis Foundation Trustees.

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