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Talking Tennis Southern Style covers tennis in nine Southern states and is hosted by longtime tennis TV & radio personality and sports journalist Sam Crenshaw. The podcast is the official show of USTA Southern, the largest section of the United State Tennis Association and represents 25% of the national members. Connecting you with tennis for kids, teenagers, college students right though adults playing into their 90s in AL, AR, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC and TN.

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Coaching College Tennis at Sewanee & Emory

May 20, 2021

Amy Bryant, John Shackelford, Conchie Shackelford

Coaching College Tennis at Sewanee & Emory

With the NCAA tennis championships in full swing, we interview two highly successful NCAA DIII tennis coaches. First up is John Shackelford, Director of Tennis at Sewanee. The Tigers men have won 22 conference championships and the women have captured 13. Shackelford’s...

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#NationalTennisMonth / #PowerOfTennis

May 13, 2021

James McKissick, Kelly Gaines, Martin Blackman

May is #NationalTennisMonth and USTA Southern is promoting the #PowerOfTennis this month. In a remarkable surge, four million Americans took up tennis last year. Two of our nine states are represented in detailing outreach to keep those players on court. USTA South Carolina President James McKissick and USTA North...

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French Open Preview with Kathy Rinaldi

May 6, 2021

Kathy Rinaldi & Dan Wolken

Kathy Rinaldi has been in the tennis spotlight since she won her first Wimbledon match at only 14 years of age. Four years later, she beat Steffi Graf to win the WTA title at Mahwah and also reached No. 7 in the world. Now she watches American players to see how far they can go and talks about the upcoming French...

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