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🇺🇸 Team USA brought home a runner-up finish in Rome.

🎾 The United States women’s 50+ team finished second at the World Tennis Masters 50 & 55 World Team Championships, held on the red clay courts at Oasi di Pace Club in Rome, Italy.

🏆 The U.S. women’s 50+ team featured Carolina Blouin, Francesca La O, Amanda Parson-Siegel and Julie Thu.

🥈 Thu also had a standout run in the women’s 50+ individual singles competition, reaching the final before finishing runner-up to No. 1 seed Barbara Mulej of Slovakia.

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📢 Shout-outs:
USTA
World Tennis
World Tennis Masters

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USTA

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🎾 USTA Coaching and WeCOACH are helping create more pathways for women in tennis coaching.

👩‍🏫 The organizations selected 30 aspiring women coaches for the 2026 USTA Coaching Serving All: Aspiring Coaches powered by WeCOACH program.

🌴 The 2026 cohort includes several Florida participants: Rachel Allen of Mary Esther, Madelyn Martin of Jacksonville, Jolie Miller of Brooksville and Madison Jade Molock of Ocala.

☀️ As part of the program, the selected coaches will attend an in-person leadership event at the USTA National Campus in Orlando.

📖 Read more in today’s Florida Tennis article → link in bio 🔗

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📢 Shout-outs:
USTA Coaching
WeCOACH
USTA
USTA.nationalcampus
USTA Florida

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USTA Coaching

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Online abuse in tennis remains a significant concern — but a new report shows progress.

The WTA and World Tennis report found that 66% of serious abusive posts (or comments) were removed. The report analyzed more than 1.2 million posts during the 2025 season, with gambling-related abuse remaining a major concern.

Learn more in today’s Florida Tennis article → link in bio 🔗

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📸 Photo credits:

1. Katie Boulter has publicly spoken about receiving online death threats, including abuse directed at her family. Photo: Chris Czermak, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

2 Jessica Pegula has called for stronger action from social media platforms and the gambling industry. Photo credit: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

3. Elina Svitolina has spoken out after receiving hateful messages linked to angry bettors. Photo credit: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

4. Online abuse remains a major issue across professional tennis. Photo credit: Zeynep Tekin via Pexels.

📢 Shout-outs:
WTA
World Tennis
Signify
Katie Boulter
SVITO

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