PETE ZIEBRON in PHOENIX
Special Olympics Arizona conducted its Summer Games tennis competition at a new venue in 2014, at the Phoenix Tennis Center. While the rest of the events were held at nearby Grand Canyon University, tennis needed to be played at an alternate location since GCU no longer has tennis courts on its campus.
The athletes enjoyed the new venue as the majority of the courts were recently resurfaced earlier this year. Despite the fact that the City of Phoenix reached 100F for the first time this year, 23 athletes competed in the Skills competition, 9 athletes played Quickstart Singles and 13 athletes played Singles.
A big Thank You to the Paradise Valley Community College men's and women's tennis teams for their annual volunteer assistance on the courts, to the USTA Southwest Section for donating several cases of tennis balls for the competition, to the City of Phoenix for the use of the Phoenix Tennis Center and to the many individual volunteers who helped with the event on a very hot day.
Enjoy the following photographs from today's action:
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