Three Black American tennis stars are playing in the semifinals of the U.S. Open this year.
was also a groundbreaking Black American tennis professional, will play Friday in his first-ever Grand Slam singles semifinal, facing off against No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic.
"Two people of color playing in the quarterfinals, huge match on Arthur Ashe. It's a pretty monumental moment," Tiafoe said in a press conference. "I'm pretty excited to compete against him. Hopefully it's a great battle." "One of the most powerful and impactful things that the USTA does is to administer a network of about 150 tennis and education programs throughout the country, mostly in inner-cities, for kids to be able to have a safe place to go, be physically active, learn tennis, get tutoring and to use tennis as a vehicle to get to college," said Blackman, adding of the JTCC in particular, where he previously worked as director, "They are developing hundreds of kids every year, and...
Blackman acknowledged that even with all the best development efforts, progress is not made without representation. Serena Williams and Venus Williams of the United States during their doubles match at the U.S. Open in New York City, Sept. 1. 2022."At the end of the day, when families are choosing a sport, when they're thinking about what sport to put their daughter or their son in, it's really because they're attracted to something for some reason," Blackman said.
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