The USA has two new trailblazers in adaptive sports: Jessica Gonzalez and Dante Alejandro who have officially earned world rankings following their participation at last year’s IBTA World Championships in Italy.

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.