Katrina Adams, OWN THE ARENA

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Tennis guru and head of the USTA Katrina Adams talks about her success on and off the court -- including her role in a dramatic moment with Serena Williams -- in this candid chat between two tennis lovers.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
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0:34.8	Okay, now back to this amazing podcast.
0:38.2	Katrina Adams is the author of Own the Arena, Getting Ahead, Making a Difference, and
0:42.7	succeeding as the Only One. Katrina competed on the Women's Tennis Association Tour,
0:48.0	reaching the quarterfinals or better in doubles at the Grand Slam events. She also chaired
0:52.4	the International Tennis Federation's
0:54.1	Gender Equality and Tennis Committee. Ad Week in Forbes named her one of the most powerful
0:58.6	women in sports and included her in Ebony's Power 100 list. She is executive director of the
1:03.6	Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program. She currently lives in Yonkers, New York.
1:07.9	Welcome, Katrina. Thank you so much for coming on moms don't have time to read books.
1:11.8	Well, thank you for having me. And moms do have time to read books. I agree. And they have to make time.
1:17.3	Well, they can listen to them. Yes. Yeah, they can listen to the books. There are you go. That's true. They can listen. There's so many ways. As long as they hear about great books like yours, right? Which is the point of this podcast. Your book Own the Arena, getting ahead, making a difference, and succeeding as the only one.
1:32.7	Katrina, I am like a huge, huge tennis fan. And my husband was in the professional tennis world for
1:38.3	over 10 years. I like hung on every word of this book. I was so excited to read it.
1:43.5	So anyway, thank you for writing it.
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