For the second year running Ngāti Whātua in conjunction with Tennis Auckland have hosted living tennis legend Ruia Morrison MBE and Aotearoa Māori Tennis members at the ASB Women’s Classic.
Ruia is a two time winner of this NZ Open tournament, defeating Margaret Court (holder of the most Grand Slam titles) in one of her finals, Ruia also played the US legend Billie Jean-King on centre Court, towards the end of her career.
Danny Tumahai, Ruia Morrison, Frank Tumahai, Taiaha Hawke
