MARDY FISH, FELICIANO LOPEZ GIVE BACK AT EMIRATES RETURNS CLINIC

Written by: Staff on 5th August 2015

MARDY FISH, FELICIANO LOPEZ GIVE BACK AT EMIRATES RETURNS CLINIC |

“High fives and #tennis tips from #MardyFish and @felilopezoficial today at the #Emirates Airline clinic at the @citiopen! #ATP Photos: Peter Staples/#CitiOpen” – Photo by @atpworldtour via Instagram.

ATP World Tour players Feliciano Lopez and Mardy Fish traded strokes with enthusiastic Washington, D.C. juniors at the Takoma Community Center on Tuesday. It is one of many facilities benefitting from the Emirates Returns Program.

“I think it’s good to be here playing with the kids,” said Lopez. “It’s good to see how companies like Emirates have such great programs to get the kids involved in the sport. I think they can learn so much about tennis. It’s not about winning and losing. You have to be good with other players. You can take so many things away from the game.”

“High fives and #tennis tips from #MardyFish and @felilopezoficial today at the #Emirates Airline clinic at the @citiopen! #ATP Photos: Peter Staples/#CitiOpen” – Photo by @atpworldtour via Instagram.

Accompanied by Citi Open tournament director Jeff Newman and Emirates Airline Sales Manager Barry Brenig, the players and kids took to the hard courts located in Ward 4, which were resurfaced last year following a grant from the program. Emirates Tuesday also donated $5,000 of equipment to the DC Department of park and Recreation that manages the facility and $50,000 to the Citi Open’s non-profit owner and beneficiary, the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation.

“It’s great to see these kids enjoying our great sport,” Fish said. “That is, getting some of these young kids, who might have never played tennis, together and put a racquet in their hands and see how they do.”

(Courtesy of the ATP and Original Link – http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/washington-2015-emirates-fish-lopez )

Topics: 10sballs, Atp World Tour, Citi Open, Emirates Returns Program, Feliciano Lopez, Mardy Fish, Tennis News, Washington DC

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August 5, 2015 at 12:20 pm

-@MardyFish, @feliciano_lopez GIVE BACK AT EMIRATES RETURNS CLINIC- http://t.co/ipFY3KDrS1 #MardyFish #FelicianoLopez #tennis #Washington