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Tennis icon Billie Jean King helps open Hunting Park courts

The courts will also host a community program for neighborhood children, part of an emerging resurgence for the park

Former Tennis champ Billie Jean King takes a picture Nhu Nguyen, 10th grader with Casey Brown 9th grade taking the photo with members of the Little Flower School after the dedication in Hunting Park of the new tennis courts that her Philadelphia Freedom tennis team help to fund. King is also funding an after school tennis program for area's kids for its first 3 years. the park was once infamous for drugs and alcohol but King is the 3rd major athlete to help restore the park. Wednesday, May 15, 2013.  (  Steven M. Falk / Staff Photographer )
Former Tennis champ Billie Jean King takes a picture Nhu Nguyen, 10th grader with Casey Brown 9th grade taking the photo with members of the Little Flower School after the dedication in Hunting Park of the new tennis courts that her Philadelphia Freedom tennis team help to fund. King is also funding an after school tennis program for area's kids for its first 3 years. the park was once infamous for drugs and alcohol but King is the 3rd major athlete to help restore the park. Wednesday, May 15, 2013. ( Steven M. Falk / Staff Photographer )Read moreSteven M. Falk