The San Quentin tennis team is going to have a professional surface to play on, thanks to a donation by the United States Tennis Association.
Eric Saviano is leading the team that is laying a new two-tone green surface.
He said, “We lay about 300 tennis courts a year and we also do basketball courts as well. We’re just laying down a better playing surface for the San Quentin tennis players.”
Saviano said that he laid concrete, asphalt, and clay courts and prepared courts in Beijing during the Olympics.
The United States Tennis Association also donated tennis rackets and balls to the San Quentin tennis team.
SQ team member Nheip Lam said, “We are very thankful to our recreational Coach Don DeNevi, who was instrumental in bringing outside tennis to the inside tennis team. The brand new fence made our tennis court more professional, which allows us to feel accepted by our community we have left on the other side of the wall. Thanks to The United States Tennis Association, Leslie Neal, Rex Miller and everyone on the team.”
Another team member, Gino Sevacos, said, “I’m grateful. We’re going to have a better court to play on. It feels great to know that we’re being supported.”
