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Asia’s Slam

Racquet re-imagines the Australian Open’s visual identity.

By Bill Sullivan

11:55 AM EDT on October 1, 2016

Calhoun Falls, S.C. Joel Skinner

Featured in Racquet Issue No. 2

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