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Hi Tennis Fans,

       This has been a very interesting and different year. I am looking forward to a great tennis season. I had a terrible fall, and a blood clot developed on my right leg.  It was the size of half of a tennis ball. It was drained and now is about 2”X2”.  Needless to say, I have been watching a lot of professional tennis, both the WTA and the ATP.  I have had plenty of time to do my Bible lessons and planning for the KHTC tournament with my leg elevated.

       You can learn significantly from watching professional tennis. They use a lot of cross court and down the line shots deep in the corners. They practice for about 8 hours a day. I guess practice makes perfect. Roger Federer stated, “There’s no way around hard work, Embrace it.” So, I encourage you to practice hard and with determination. My all-time favorite pro tennis players are Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, and Rafeal Nadal. All three are retired and have a great tennis legacy. Today my favorite male players are Carlos Alcaraz, Tayor Fritz, Tommy Paul, and Ben Shelton. My favorite female players are CoCo Gauff, Emma Navarro, and Danielle Collins. I like to watch their ball placement and their serve.  

        The Kenny Huffman Tennis Classic Committee has started planning for this year’s tournament. We will have another Zoom meeting on April 27 at 7:00 p.m. We could use two to four more committee members. Right now we have 8.  It takes about 10 or 12 to run a tournament of this size. If you are interested, please notify Jim Vanover @ 606-794-4161 or Freddie Napier @ 606-213-6775. We also need volunteers to help set up the tents, tables, chairs and hang the banners. The tournament date is JULY 26-28. If you want to do some community service, please volunteer.

         The Kenny Huffman Memorial Scholarship is very important to us. It can be a great help starting out in college. It can range from $1000 to $3000. We look forward to presenting it every year. Kenny was a very good tennis player. He played in college. After his death the college named the tennis courts after him.  He was a great father; a great husband and he was a Christian. This is one way we honor him.

        If anyone has any new ideas to make our tournament better, please let me know. You can contact me at 404-483-6051 or at suzyqtennisfan@gmail.com.  

        I have been watching UPIKE’s men and women’s tennis scores, and both teams seem to be doing great. Congratulations to both teams.  I think they are nationally ranked. I sure wish UPIKE would build some more tennis courts. That would really enhance the growth of tennis.

       In my next newsletter I hope to have some quotes from the high school teams. I will leave you with a few quotes from some professional players.  

“You don’t measure success if you have never failed,” by Steffi Graf.  

Serena Williams said, “A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover in

 difficult moments.”  

And finally, a quote by Arthur Ash, “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

 

Sue Huffman Stanley
Founder of Kenny Huffman Tennis Classic
KHTC Secretary
KHTC Board Member
Author of “A Tennis Love Story”

      

      

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