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Ambush Tennis is Back with Billie Jean King!

Whether it’s correcting your tennis form in the middle of a dinner party or interrupting your casual hit to offer unsolicited advice, Rennae Stubbs will coach you whether you like it or not. For a very special edition of  Racquet's Ambush, guest coach Billie Jean King encounters the next NEXT generation of future tennis stars on NYC’s public tennis courts, all powered by @adidastennis.

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