Tennis: County groups help tennis net strong gains

Continuing a five-year trend, tennis participation in the United States grew by more than seven percent with more than 27 million players on the courts in 2008.

United States Tennis Association President Jane Brown Grimes said, "Tennis is stronger and healthier than it has been in decades."

Tennis is the fastest-growing traditional sport in the country over that time period. Here the county tennis continues is growing strongly at the grass-roots level with the strong leadership of the Anne Arundel County Tennis Association and the Annapolis Area Tennis School and an excellent collection of public courts and private...