In a captivating exhibition that became one of the talking points of the 2025 ITF World Coaches Conference (WCC), many of the world’s leading tennis coaches were introduced to blind tennis for the very first time.

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.