City Parks Foundation To Honor Tennis Legend Billie Jean King At Benefit At US Open August 29
The City Parks Foundation, which gives thousands of children ages six to 17 free tennis instruction in 30 parks across New York City’s five boroughs, will honor tennis legend Billie Jean King and Zuka Murkhuradze, director of tennis at the Saw Mill Club in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., at its tennis benefit August 29 during the U.S. Open,
TOPSHOT – US player Serena Williams (R) greets former US tennis player Billie Jean King during a … [+] tribute after Williams’ match against Montenegro’s Danka Kovinic during their 2022 US Open Tennis tournament women’s singles first round match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on August 29, 2022. – Serena Williams was set to take center stage as the US Open got under way on August 29, 2022 with the 23-time Grand Slam winner preparing to bid an emotional farewell to tennis. (Photo by COREY SIPKIN / AFP) (Photo by COREY SIPKIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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King will be honored for her promotion of 50 years of equality at the U.S. Open.
The benefit will take place at 5 p.m. on August 29 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, in Corona Park in Flushing Meadows, Queens.
Twenty-five years ago King created and chaired the first benefit at the US Open for what eventually became City Parks Tennis, the largest, free, municipal youth tennis program in the country.
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