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Today we have a special guest, Jonathan Hart from Coach Wink's Kids and AYSI,

joins us to talk about their recent trip to the US Open.

Have a listen and let us know how you plan to get involved next year.

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Jonathan Hart and Maddie with no last name. I didn't get your last name so.

That's some well and not even well and.

Okay, well I was going to call you Maddie with no last name but Maddie works just fine.

Jonathan and Maddie, thank you so much for taking the time.

You recently went to the US Open.

Today we're posting this. It is the Men's and Women's Quarter Final Day.

But you guys were there for Arthur Ash Kids Day and kind of a couple of the days before that.

Jonathan, start us off. Tell us why you're making this trip.

Who is Coach Wink as well?

Well, first of all, for all of you started.

We're out here on the practice court. We're one of my top players.

Coach Kotlin, okay. We're out here working hard.

I'm in Cincinnati in two days to play.

So we're out here getting it. That's the whole purpose of this.

And yes, this is our ninth year. This is the tribute to Coach Wink.

It was his idea. I decided to keep it going and we're going to keep the dream

in the tradition moving forward.

So next year will be our 10 year anniversary.

We're going crazy.

But it was fantastic and I must say by far this was our best year.

Five far it was our best year.

We're out there Maddie.

Um, I completely agree.

My favorite like memories from the trip was definitely playing the other academy

because we had never done that before.

And just like getting to see New York tennis and Atlanta tennis like hung together and just have like a beautiful

collaboration.

Hold up, hold up. I got to erupt you there.

They were fantastic. Our kids showed out.

You know how you got a towel, no young display.

I mean, even the little kids, they were finishing over their shoulder.

They were running a live feed movie.

Man, it was it was it was incredible.

Incredible.

Yeah. And like I just love seeing tennis.

We love to hit the ball and seeing all the professionals at kids day and on the practice

courts and being able to like ask some questions and interact with them.

It was really just really inspiring because I know that's where I want to be very soon.

And so seeing that just made me want to work harder and just like keep getting at it.

And it was great. It was great.

Talk all day. What else you want to ask us?

I'm sure well, I'm curious.

Did you get to meet anybody in person meeting the Coco Goffs of the world or any of the professional players?

Do you get to actually shake any hands?

Yes. So on, I think it was Arthur Ash kids today.

I got to we did play the pro.

And so we got to hit with curvy.

curvy the girl from Washington DC and we got to interact and talk with her and hit with her.

And she was really she was really she was very personable and very welcoming and just very warm.

And it was just a nice interaction to see that even though they're professionals and we see them in like

when we put them on this high pedestal, they're still like people.

They're still people and they have personality and they have interest in like it was just really

good to see that. Okay, I got to interject again.

When when close wings was alive and last time,

trip he went on.

Laravie and her mom did a personal interview with her.

Maddie didn't go that time.

Okay. And she explained the mom explained how it is to have a kid that's going in the pro tennis.

He had just won the Wembleton Juniors and had a wild party to the year itself.

But she won it since the natties.

She went two rounds and since the natties.

And she lost in the third set real close match in the open.

So Clarifie's on her way.

Yes.

That was really good.

Yes.

Really good.

I love it.

And so you guys go up.

How does all this work?

Coach Hart.

So how do you get the money?

You get the sponsors?

What does all that look like for you?

Because right now we start promoting again for 2026, right?

Absolutely.

And I'm sure we're going to do it better.

Okay, but I must give props to tennis players.

And to the city of Atlanta.

Four to five council people came on board that last week.

I mean, they hit bam, bam, bam, bam, which put us over the top.

I'm not saying we would not have made it because of that.

But just like people like go tennis or people like aging,

you know, people like south.

Full of tennis.

They also donated, you know, big time.

So that's how we do it.

But mostly the teller tools is tennis player.

We're a soul player.

We're in a number one sitting in the nation for tennis

and they support tennis.

So yeah, that's how it's done.

Okay. Fantastic.

Well, I want to ask one simple thing,

which is, is there anything else either of you want to share?

Because it's a fantastic event.

Go tennis is honored to be a part of it.

We love we take care of your shirts every year

and help promote.

And we keep a couple of shirts for ourselves.

And we very much enjoy wearing those around as well.

And our son, my son with my wife, Giovanni, he's got the little kid,

you know, you see the little two-year-old in the shirt.

And it's somehow infinitely cuter in that way.

But we love being a part of this event

and helping with the coach, Winx, kids, trip every year.

So any last words, anything else you'd like to share

about the event or about next year?

Maddie, I'll let you go first.

Yeah, I just wanted to like highlight the group of kids that went,

the group, the environment, the people,

like the energy is what really made the trip how special it was,

how special it is.

And I'm just so grateful and excited to have the opportunity to do it.

However many years we're continuing to.

And I'm just glad that, oh, it was my birthday.

It was my birthday on the, on the, on the, on the 25th.

So the last day and they raped the group.

And coach hard made me feel very special.

And like it was, it was just, I'm so.

Almost a teacher.

Yeah.

Like everything was great.

I got to see Venus playing on my birthday.

They, we had, I had ice cream and cake and, and it was just,

that's where they ever, yes.

Happy birthday. That's fantastic.

Thank you.

On, on the last few things I want to say is number one,

we all got it, man.

You blew us away with the T-shirt.

Yeah.

You know, when everybody says, oh my god, this is the often chain.

It's not a person is dead.

It not have something positive to say about those T-shirts.

I'm saying that really said it off.

That was the best T-shirts we've ever had.

Yes.

You know, this is our ninth time going, you know, and that,

it was just, and now you, you hit it at a home run with that.

Okay.

Number two, I was really happy how they got along.

Some of the games they played on the bus.

I think that was pretty good.

Yeah.

That was really pretty good.

That they were playing a lot of games on the bus.

It would have you.

And, and another big thing is, we're just looking really forward.

And, Yonix wants to partner with us.

Okay. They were there.

They want to partner with us.

And I do want to say we're just so excited and curious

about the 10-year anniversary.

We're going super hard.

Yes.

Super hard.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

That special thing I'm going to do for Coach Wing.

And, I mean, I got a portrait ready and everything.

Yeah.

So, thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

You're welcome.

And we will be there with you.

Well done.

Thank you for your time today.

And we will chat again soon.

Thank you, Jonathan, Coach Art and Maddie.

Thank you so much.

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