There’s a gem hidden in a Woodland Hills back yard, tucked behind the Santa Monica Mountains, far from the huge tennis complexes where most promising U.S. juniors hone their games on hard courts.
Last weekend, Zibu Ncube and Manfredi Vergine stood on the terre battue that fills the space behind Ncube’s house where a shady LA lawn should be, and drilled Katrina Scott, the rising pro and University of Tennessee Lady Vol.