For the first time ever, Lithuania will host an international blind tennis tournament – Lithuanian Open 2025, taking place on June 13–15 at the “Teniso erdvė” courts (Žirgų g. 1, Gineitiškės, Vilnius district).

Mr Takei Miyoshi invented Blind Tennis in Japan in 1984. He was a pioneer in a new racket sport and a role model to the visually impaired. He was born in 1968 and lost his eyesight at the age of one and a half. When he was 16, as a high school student, he dreamed of playing tennis with the able-bodied and created tennis for the blind.