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Article: VOA NEWS: SERENA WILLIAMS LEADS NEW DC WORLD TEAM TENNIS SQUAD
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 30, 2008
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
By David Byrd
Hall of Fame tennis player Billie Jean King and dignitaries from the nation's Capital have announced the launch of the Washington Kastles World Team Tennis Squad. As VOA's David Byrd reports, the team features eight-time Grand Slam tournament winner Serena Williams, American Justin Gimelstob and some rising stars.
A small crowd of dignitaries and tennis fans gathered Wednesday in a downtown parking lot in Washington. Just up the street from Ford's Theater and the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History, Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty, Billie Jean King and team owner Mark Ein were announcing the launch of the Washington Kastles ...