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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.

May 11, 2023

Milly Sequera Huss, Claire Bartlett, Colette Lewis

May is National Tennis Month and it will shine brightly in the Rocket City as USTA Southern hosts a $15K Men’s and Women’s Pro Circuit event on clay in Huntsville, Ala. Tournament Director Milly Sequera Huss, known for her top-29 WTA career, is the tournament director and talks about HBCU players receiving wild cards. There are seven free local events throughout the tournament May 22-28 and USTA Southern staffer Claire Bartlett outlines activities for the young and not-so young.

Just in time for all three NCAA team championships at the USTA National Campus, Lake Nona, Fla., we interview tennis journalist Colette Lewis. She runs the renown website, ZooTennis.com, which daily covers everything in the junior and college tennis world. She reviews the DI teams who are looking to bring home championship trophies this month. Our highlights are junior Wes Noland, from Madison, Miss., and USTA Southern Marilyn Sherman Spirit Award winner Cathy Greene, of Lottie, Ala. and Gerrie Rothwell Award winner Bret Peterson, of Auburn, Ala.