Congrats to Ty Grant’s Daughter

Ty always said his daughter was going to represent the USA even though she was born and has spent her entire life in Italy with her Italian mother.
 
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L J S A said:
Wow, that's awesome. Don't follow the sport enough to know how smoothly junior champs make the jump to the women's division, but I assume smoothly enough that we may see her in important matches for a decade after she
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One of my great lifetime work experiences was working two US Open tennis tournaments when a buddy got me a temporary job as a Burns security guard. Day 1 they sent me mostly by chance to a post outside the men's locker room. Day 1 all these recognizable tennis superstars had to show id to get gain entrance, and I was polite and held my ground when someone didn't ID. I had a few confrontations where I was polite but firm, and some players got a laugh out of me not allowing a guy who was a two time champion to get past me. In any event, players and clubhouse employees told my supervisor that i was doing great and they kept me at that post every day for the 2 tournaments i worked. Connors, Borg, Gerulaitis, McEnroe, Laver, Ashe, Rosewall, Newcombe, Vilas, Nastase, Tanner, Stan Smith, Solomon, Dibbs, so many more - an all time who's who.

If a kid is good enough to win a juniors doubles championship, she could turn pro at some point. Tennis is an expensive game and turning pro means being good enough to play in qualifying rounds to try to get to the mIn draw of tournaments. Not sure if they still award ATP points when players qualify and advance, but when you amass enough points you don't have to qualify. Until you start winning prize money you are on your own in terms of costs, which is why sponsorships are essential.

I always thpugjt I'd write a book on my experiences but i only learned a few years ago that tennis books don't sell. Still and all a fantastic experience.

Good luck to Ty's daughter
This is no small feat
 
Larry Wright said:
It is funny. Of the undersized post players in ST John’s basketball history, Glover and Singleton are often mentioned in reverent tones and Grant is kind of forgotten. For my $ I thought Grant was better than the other two.
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To me, I put Singleton and Grant together. They are my 1 and 1A favorites of the more “recent” teams.

They were glue guys, that always came with their lunch pails ready to play, wore the uniform with pride, and represented the university with class.

Singleton’s graduation left a leadership hole that was obvious with the 1992 team. He went from dunking on everyone in high school, to transforming his game into a cerebral, do it all team player, after the knee injuries.

Grant’s injury was the reason they didn’t beat Ohio State (and Scoonie Penn’s foul on Barkley which was not called).
 
kranmars said:
To me, I put Singleton and Grant together. They are my 1 and 1A favorites of the more “recent” teams.

They were glue guys, that always came with their lunch pails ready to play, wore the uniform with pride, and represented the university with class.

Singleton’s graduation left a leadership hole that was obvious with the 1992 team. He went from dunking on everyone in high school, to transforming his game into a cerebral, do it all team player, after the knee injuries.

Grant’s injury was the reason they didn’t beat Ohio State (and Scoonie Penn’s foul on Barkley which was not called).
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Of all the bad luck we have had I put Grant playing with the cast in the tournament right at the top. And that was def a foul.
 
Larry Wright said:
Of all the bad luck we have had I put Grant playing with the cast in the tournament right at the top. And that was def a foul.
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He was a great fit on the elite eight team. It was a small team but the starting 5 could all play. Jessie was good as a sixth man but wasn't as consistent a player.
 
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