We want to thank the kids, coaches, and parents who got on the bus early Saturday morning and went with Friends of Patterson Park to the Mubadala Citi DC Open! Our Tennis 101, Match Ready, and Girls Rule the Court™ players all got to be on center court with the pros in the morning participating in fun tennis games and drills. We then got to watch some great tennis matches, get player autographs, participate in all of the days activities (in part with Coach Janet on court!), and get an up close look at how the pros get ready for a match on the practice courts (including Venus Williams!).
We of course want to thank USTA Mid-Atlantic, the Kahlert Foundation and USTA Foundation for supporting free youth tennis programming in Patterson Park and this trip!
We can’t wait to start up the next session of FPP youth tennis later this month and look forward to more Patterson Park tennis throughout the year!
