The USTA did a demonstration of their QuickStart tennis program on the courts at the U.S. Open Sept. 3, with the help of former players Mary Joe Fernandez, Mal Washington and Murphy Jensen.
The courts are smaller, obviously. The balls are foam. The racquet heads are big. It looked like these kids, at least, had a very good time.
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