Battle in the Bay Recap & Regionals Preview

I'm so glad you mentioned the social media of it, and we'll dive right into the Battle in the Bay because it really is one of the, if not the best run college tennis events in the country, and it is in that realm of a Ohi where they do certain things, like, so well that it makes it a special experience for players and coaches to go to the event.

And one of the things that you talked about is the onsite media.

So they have Rob Warner there, who is doing interviews with players after they win.

They're posting that on social media, and you're getting content and clips that you actually don't even get at NCAAs, you don't get at All Americans, you don't get at a lot of the big events, and so that is a great touch.

But there's so many other things that this tournament does well.

So they do provide free housing for all of the players.

They often will stay with the members.

So the California Tennis Club, this event is played there, which is in the heart of San Francisco.

I used to live just a few blocks from it.

Uh, it's very close to Pacific Heights, and it is the oldest kind of all tennis, like, only tennis club west of the Mississippi.

And so they just have tennis.

It is exclusive for tennis.

So I feel like that is unique as well, and it means that you have members who are passionate about tennis, and they will h- house the players.

And if you are smart, these are well-to-do members in the San Francisco community that you might be able to build long-term bonds with should you want to pursue a pro career.

And so there are notable play- pro players out on the tour now who are being funded by some of these members and helping to support their career, and so that's just one of the bonuses that this event has.

But you see, and I don't know if you can see it on the stream, but you have kind of the, the, the, the food offered there.

You have the members, like, hanging around.

Like, you're playing in front of more people here than at NCAAs.

So, uh, it is, has so many nice touches.

Was there anything else that you noticed about the event from the stream that felt different or unique?

I think it, it's, what is really interesting, and, uh, you, you notice this, I noticed this on the stream, is there's an entire court blocked off just for, like, s- court side seating.

Like, you are literally in between two courts, and I don't know what kind of access strip that is, but there's that little strip in between, like, courts, like, three and-

Three

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I guess four.