“Ready?” asks Theo Buckhalter.

“Ready!” replies Harper Ingram.

That starts the tennis match between the two students from the Washington State School for the Blind.

Wait, tennis for people who are blind or who have low vision? How does that even work?

Yes, it’s a challenge, but tennis is also a challenge for those of us with sight. It just takes practice and a dedicated group to make it happen.

The Vancouver Tennis Center is more than up for the challenge as it has offered a blind and low-vision tennis program since last spring. It was introduced to the center by Murray Elbourn, the president of the United States Blind Tennis Association.

“Murray contacted us, asking if we wanted to start a program,” said Sanja Lemes, the center’s director of tennis. “He connected us with the Blind S

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