Cary Pro Tournament & Fostering Young USTA Leaders Ted Reese founded the Atlantic Tire Championships, a USTA Pro Circuit tournament, and describes the action starting Nov. 9 in Cary, NC. Reese is a USTA Southern Vice President who has propelled tennis in the Research Triangle. Also featured are John Cox of Cleveland, MS and Kyle Burton of Nashville. Cox started the section’s 2027 Initiative, which fosters young volunteers on the pathway to USTA leadership. Eli Stephenson of Louisville is our junior spotlight, Kyle Blackburn contributes out health benefit tip and Public Tennis, Inc. of Okatee, SC is in our organization spotlight. Talking Tennis Southern Style is the USTA Southern podcast covers tennis in nine Southern states and is hosted by longtime tennis TV & radio personality and sports journalist Sam Crenshaw.