
Hello Everyone,
As you may already know, last Sunday, December 5th, my good friend John Isner and I hosted our Inaugural Charity Challenge at the Manhattan Country Club in California. Our event, which raised money for the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, where John’s mom was treated, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Monica, featured tennis greats of the past, present and future, including Michael Chang, Tracy Austin, Donald Young and Sloane Stephens. Here’s a little recap.
We started with a Pro Am, where John and his partner, 13-year old Joey held on in a tight battle to win. After the Pro Am, young gun Denis Kudla faced Donald Young in an exhibition of the rising stars. It was great to see that US tennis has such a promising future.
Murphy Jensen showed up just in time to bring his energy and humor to the umpire’s chair for the mixed doubles exhibition, featuring Tracy, Sloane, John and myself, which was poised at 4-4 before rain stopped play… We thought it never rained in LA?!
Luckily though, the rain couldn’t put a dampener on our spirits and we started doing a short Q&A with the fans on site. Yes, we’re asked about our romantic status, much to the delight of the ladies… of all ages, haha…
The energy and wonderful vibe transcended from the courts, to the bar, to the auction and to the dinner. I thought it was really moving how John spoke about his mother’s battle with cancer and the great job that the doctors had done at the UNC center.
I hereby would like to thank everyone for the great event, sponsors, fans, donors, players, everyone. I think we made a decent amount for both charities and we’re looking forward on building on this success in North Carolina in 2012.
Sam
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