Meet Rosemary Casals: America's First Hispanic Lady of Women's Tennis

Casals invites you to join the Rosie Cup Tennis Doubles Round Robin Tournament in Plano this Friday and Saturday.
Rosie Casals
American tennis player Rosemary Casals during the Women's Singles at Wimbledon, London, UK, July 1973. (Photo by Harry Dempster/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo credit Harry Dempster, Getty Images

She is America's First Hispanic Lady of Women's Tennis; Rosemary "Rosie" Casals.

Rosie is a former American professional tennis player whose career spanned over two decades, earning her over 90 titles. Her influence and success were crucial to many changes in women's tennis during the 1960s and 1970s.

This weekend she is visiting the DFW and invites you to join the Rosie Cup Tennis Doubles Round Robin Tournament in Plano. It is being presented by Plano’s Life Time Fitness & Athletic Club this Friday and Saturday.

The event will pay homage her as we kick of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Joining us on the KRLD Afternoon News is tennis legend, Rosie Casals.

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Featured Image Photo Credit: Harry Dempster, Getty Images