Former Memphis tennis star is winning grand slams and making history
Joe Salisbury of Great Britain (left), and Rajeev Ram of the United States, react after defeating Rohan Bopanna of India and Matthew Ebden of Australia during the men's doubles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships Sept. 8 in New York. (Frank Franklin II/AP file)
Joe Salisbury played tennis at the University of Memphis from 2011 to 2014, helping lead the team to its best NCAA tournament finish: a Sweet 16 appearance in 2013.
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Phil Stukenborg is a lifelong Memphis journalist and a former sports writer and deputy sports editor for The Commercial Appeal. Elected to the Tennessee Sports Writers Hall of Fame in 2018, he covered University of Memphis football during the DeAngelo Williams and Paxton Lynch eras and also served as the lead reporter for the city’s former long-running professional tennis event.
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