By Tracy Zwick

Mark McIntyre has been a fixture of Upper West Side tennis for decades. Now, as executive director of the Junior Tennis Foundation – a charitable wing of the US Tennis Association’s Eastern Section – he’s bringing local wheelchair athletes to one of the sport’s biggest stages: the US Open.

One of the world’s elite wheelchair tennis competitions takes place this week at Flushing Meadows, just a subway ride (with one transfer) away from the UWS. With $1.6 million in prize money at stake, it’s among the richest and most competitive events in the sport. Global stars of the wheelchair game will compete on the same courts as main-draw champions Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka – and McIntyre and his foundation are making sure local wheelchair athletes can watch them in p

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