The Longboat Key Tennis Center is home to a lot of competition.
Friendly and fierce being two of them, and on Feb. 27, those types collided on the court.
Longboat Key tennis pros from The Longboat Key Club and the Longboat Key Tennis Center competed against each other on Tuesday evening.
A crowd of about 100 gathered to watch the pros battle it out while enjoying dinner from Nancy’s Bar-B-Q.
Ron Wedekind and Christine and John short
Dawn Holland and Sunny McGrath
Barbara Pappas, Jim and Sheran McNulty and Shirley Wright
Sammy Aviles, tennis pro at The Longboat Key Club, waves to the crowd.
Sergiu, a tennis pro for The Longboat Key Tennis Center, waves to the crowd.
Ron Shields warms up for a competition between Longboat Key Public Tennis and the Longboat Key Club on Feb. 27, 2018.
Photo by Katie Johns
Claudiu Retean, tennis pro at The Longboat Key Tennis Center serves during the tennis pro game.
Claudiu Retean, tennis pro at The Longboat Key Tennis Center serves during the tennis pro game.
Sergiu gets ready to defend his side of the court.
Ron Shields serves the ball.
Sammy Aviles competes in the tennis pro game.
Sergiu and Claudiu Retean high five after a play.
Claudiu Retean gets ready during the tennis pro game.
Sammy Aviles runs to the ball.
