Erickson finishes second in local youth tennis tournament

Ivan Erickson plays in Tournament of Champions
Ivan Erickson, of Urbana, hits a cross-court backhand while playing in the Atkins Junior Championships on August 27. Erickson and partner Andy Yu, from Dunlap, took second place in the Boys' 18 Gold Division. Forty-six participants from Champaign County and as far away as Matton, to the south, and Peoria, to the west, competed at the University of Illinois' tennis facility's first summer tennis youth tournament.
PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

Related articles:

CU is a great place for tennis; 5 really good reasons why you want play, too

If you love tennis, then Champaign-Urbana is a great community to live in. With over 120 courts available, two well-maintained indoor ...

Labor Day tennis tournament crowns champions

It was a hot holiday weekend of fun at Lindsey Courts for area tennis players. Five singles players and five doubles teams earned titles at the 2023 Labor Day Tennis ...