By Tennis Now | @Tennis_Now | Monday, December 9, 2024
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In its intention to make tennis extra accessible, the USTA is investing in Court docket 16.
The USTA in the present day introduced that its sinvestment initiative USTA Ventures has invested in Court docket 16, a New York-based firm that gives tennis in distinctive and technologically superior codecs by way of its community of indoor tennis golf equipment.
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Based in Brooklyn in 2014, Court docket 16’s presence now contains areas in Lengthy Island Metropolis, Downtown Brooklyn, Manhattan’s Monetary District, and forthcoming areas in Philadelphia and Westchester’s Ridge Hill, opening in 2025. Court docket 16 supplies an modern and inclusive tennis expertise, the place children, adults and households can join, be taught and develop each on and off the court docket. Delivering dynamic tennis programming, Court docket 16’s cutting-edge curriculum builds a powerful technical basis, develops well-rounded athletes, and conjures up a real ardour for the game.
Professionals, together with Carlos Alcaraz, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Fernandez have performed clinics at Court docket 16 in Lengthy Island Metropolis.
“Court docket 16’s distinctive programming mannequin creates higher accessibility for our sport, delivering tennis and constructing neighborhood in areas that won’t in any other case have entry on account of area limitations or monetary constraints,” mentioned Ted Loehrke, Managing Director, Part Partnerships, USTA. “Our mission is rising tennis to encourage more healthy individuals and communities in all places, and Court docket 16 has proven that it may possibly assist us to ship this superb sport year-round to gamers and potential gamers in main markets throughout the nation.”
It’s the second funding made by the USTA Strategic Funding Committee, by way of USTA Ventures.
Earlier this yr, USTA Ventures introduced its funding in PlayReplay, a tennis expertise firm that includes an digital line-calling (ELC) system set to extend entry to correct, user-friendly ELC for junior, grownup and leisure play nationwide. Fashioned in 2023, the committee is “centered on buying fairness stakes in applied sciences and different firms that can assist advance the USTA’s mission,” the USTA mentioned in an announcement.
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