
Long before Aryna Sabalenka and Amanda Anisimova began play in the U.S. Open women’s final Saturday, there were different players on the courts.
Earlier that morning, while the grounds were still quiet, children and adults with disabilities were the ones in the spotlight at Flushing Meadows. They learned the basics of tennis, from how to volley to how to hit a backhand, and put them on display at the Court of Dreams clinic.