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Academy helping Chinese athletes earn a shot at US college ranks

Chinese youngsters hoping to compete in US college tennis are getting a head start, thanks to a unique program supervised by American experts.

The Beijing-based Love Tennis Academy is running clinics of its Tennis Education Nexus (TEN) program at the National Tennis Center - home of the China Open - in the north of the capital, aimed at preparing kids for admission to US universities by virtue of their command of the sport.