Pair of Magic City tennis legends inducted into North Dakota Tennis Association Hall of Fame
MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – Two Minot tennis legends joined elite company at Hammond Park on Saturday. The North Dakota Tennis Association Hall of Fame in...
MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – Two Minot tennis legends joined elite company at Hammond Park on Saturday. The North Dakota Tennis Association Hall of Fame inducted John Christen, who won the 1981 singles state championship for Bishop Ryan, and Raman Jayapathy, who won the 1979 singles state championship for Minot High. The two witnessed what Jayapathy called the 'tennis boom' in the United States in the 1970s and 80s. Jayapathy said he remembers more than 50 tennis courts open in Minot during that time. 'It's fantastic to have these two guys, two of the biggest competitors in the late 70s and the mid-80s in this area before they moved on to bigger and better things.