Atlanta's National Junior Tennis League  Players are striving to attend the U.S Open in order to participate in Arthur Ashe Day.

Arthur Ashe had a dream that tennis could become accessible to the masses regardless of their finances or upbringing.  Ashe wanted any child who loved tennis to be able to play just like he did.   Ashe said, “through tennis, lives can be changed and spirits reclaimed.”
 
Tennis is perceived as a rich man’s sport and Ashe wanted to break those perceptions. In 1969, Ashe, Charlie Pasereli, and Sheridan Snyder founded The United States Tennis Association’s National Junior Tennis and Learning Association (NJTL). Atlanta based Coach, William “Coach Wink” Fulton’s has furthered Ashe’s  dreams through his own program  within the NJTL, entitled The Best Game.  Through the program and NJTL, youth learn to set realistic, achievable and sustainable goals based upon their interests and abilities and junior players get the opportunity to participate in Arthur Ashe day at the U.S. Open. Although Ashe specifically created NJTL to give children in urban environments and limited income the opportunity to play tennis, ironically Atlanta's NJTL's players were unable to attend Arthur Ashe day at the US open last year because of a lack of funding.  Please help us attend the U.S Open.

NJTL is a national network of community based tennis organizations that work to shape the character of youth through tennis and education. The goal of NJTL programming is to instill in youth the importance of academic excellence and leadership while giving them the opportunity to fully develop their tennis skills.