Borough Wide
Game, set, match
Three rackets and a net to borough daughter Tamila Latiff-Zade for being the recipient of the 2016 Billie Jean King Junior Achievement Award.
The recognition was bestowed at the 19th annual City Parks Tennis Benefit at the US Open Tennis Championships on Aug. 30, which welcomed 280 guests and raised a record-breaking $356,800 for City Parks Tennis, a free youth instructional program that serves more than 7,000 children in parks throughout the city.
Tamila joined the Academy program at age 10 and graduated this year from Truman High School in the Bronx, where she played number one on the school’s tennis team. The aspiring Serena Williams spent this past summer teaching tennis at Hampton Racquet, as well as earning a spot as a ball girl for the 2016 US Open.
Our pal Tamila is planning on attending Kingsborough Community College this fall.
She can now add a Standing O to her accomplishments.
