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Republicans & Democrats Come Together for Charity and Tennis this Tuesday

Published on July 23, 2018 under World TeamTennis (WTT)
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Washington Kastles Congressional Charity Classic
Washington Kastles Congressional Charity Classic
(Washington Kastles, Credit: Kevin Koski)

This Tuesday at Kastles Stadium, bipartisanship will be on fine display in the 6th-annual Washington Kastles Congressional Charity Classic. Watch Democrats and Republicans team up with members of the media and Kastles players and compete in a Team Tennis match for the Kastles Cup and 6 great charities.

The roster of participants is a cross-section of players from both sides of the aisle, national media, and sports stars. The members, the media, and an all-star Kastles lineup will be mixed together on bipartisan tennis and compete in a sesries of fast-paced WTT tiebreaks for a prize bigger than tennis...giving back to the community!

Co-presenting the Charity Classic this year are the USTA Foundation and Washington Tennis & Education Foundation. The USTA Foundation develops community, diversity & inclusion, officiating, and player development by supporting after school tennis instruction and STEM education programming to over 250K kids living in under-resourced neighborhoods around the country while the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation is dedicated to building life champions through tennis and academic excellence.

This year's core roster includes: Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D- OH), Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), former Congressman Charlie Dent (R - PA), Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA), Congressman Tom Rooney (R-FL), Congressman Kevin Yoder (R-KS), Peter Alexander, NBC News, Bret Baier, Fox News, William Connor, Bloomberg, David Gregory, CNN, CNN's Michelle Kocinsky, DC United Coach Ben Olsen, and of course, the Kastles all-star players.

The teams will led by legendary coaches Kastles Coach Murphy Jensen and Tennis Hall of Fame Coach Nick Bollettieri who will both be mic'd so fans can hear all of their advice, some of which will surely bring some hearty laughs. Bolletieri, who also stars in the documentary "Love Means Zero," has a career spanning over 30 years. He has coached 10 world #1 tennis champions, including Andre Agassi, Maria Sharapova, Monica Seles and Boris Becker, but can he coach his bipartisan squad to defeat the greatest coach in WTT history? In addition to the coaching stars, tennis star sportscaster will Brett Haber will entertain in the umpire chair.

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