Young area tennis players, all participants of Bucks County Tennis Association (BCTA) programs, participated in a Net Generation “Kids on Court” activation at the 2022 US Open in Flushing, N.Y.
Twenty-four athletes (and two alternates) — led by BCTA coach Steve Johnson and assisted by BCTA coach Craig Batten — were part of an on-court tennis demonstration on Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest tennis stadium in the worlrd, prior to the start of Casper Rudd’s (the eventual US Open men’s finalist) match.
The Rudd match was followed by that of American teenage tennis phenom Coco Gauff. Maggie Lin of Levittown tossed the coin prior to the men’s match and then posed for a photo with Rudd and his opponent.
Athletes were invited based on the recommendation of their respective BCTA public park tennis coach and hailed from municipalities throughout Bucks County.
Kids on Court, part of the USTA’s youth tennis brand Net Generation, gave more than 1,000 youth tennis players from across the country the opportunity to play on the iconic courts of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
The national and regional award-winning nonprofit BCTA provides quality, affordable, fun, community-based tennis programming in partnership with local municipalities/school districts at over two dozen outdoor (and some indoor) public sites throughout Bucks County. A major advocate of youth and adult tennis as a whole, the BCTA annually serves over 2,000 participants across the county.
For information, visit buckscountytennis.usta.com.
The BCTA is a nonprofit community tennis association and a registered member of the United States Tennis Association Inc.
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