Karl Hale loves Racquet Sports

Racquet Sports Impresario Karl Hale talks about his playing career, pivoting to coaching, building out his Premier Racquet Clubs empire, serving for two decades as Tournament Director at the National Bank Open (and his elevator pitch for why it should be the 5th Slam), his interactions with Shaggy Lennox Lewis Richard Branson Monica Seles Donovan Bailey Rafael ‘Rafa’ Nadal Venus Williams Serena Williams Jim Cuddy Geddy Lee Wayne Gretzky Michael Lee-Chin Sean Paul Daniel Nestor, and the differences between tennis pickleball padel badminton table tennis and road tennis!

For Karl’s Premier Racquet Clubs please visit https://www.premierracquetclubs.com/

For Karl’s foundation building schools in Jamaica, please visit https://helpinghandsjamaica.com/

For everything National Bank Open taking place simultaneously both in Toronto (women) and Montreal (men), please visit https://nationalbankopen.com/

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