Jan 14, 2021
Coach Kenny Thorne, men’s tennis coach of
Georgia Tech in Atlanta, talks about the influence of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. and the creation of the MLK Invitational
Tournament. Thorne, the winningest tennis coach in Georgia Tech
history and former No. 121 player in the world, also spoke about
his players having Election Day off to vote and other socially
conscious initiatives. Torrey Hawkins of the Atlanta Youth Tennis
and Education Foundation and Atlanta Police Officer Clayton Sanders
join the MLK Holiday edition of Talking Tennis Southern Style.
Hawkins and Sanders discuss Serve and Connect, a weekly activity
that brought inner city youth and Atlanta Police together on the
courts of the historic Washington Park Tennis Center in Atlanta's
westside and plans to relaunch the program in the future.
Spotlighted are Mary Grace & Catherine Rennard, of Asheville, North
Carolina, and Russell Dendy of USTA Mississippi.