Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBoca Raton’s Jason Zafiros lives and breathes tennis, so it’s no surprise he works around the clock to make sure the Battle of Boca is a premier tennis tournament destination. Some days, though, he has trouble just getting out of bed.”Right now, as I talk to you, my feet are burning badly, my legs feel heavy, and I’m kind of hurting inside. That’s what MS does to you,” Zafiros said.Even still, battling Multiple Sclerosis, on a hot and steamy South Florida day, Zafiros comes to work. Battle of Boca is his baby, and he isn’t about to miss a day of work.”I’ve been doing this six years, and I’ve never missed a weekend. Saturday through Tuesday, it doesn’t matter if it’s hurricane, a holiday, Battle of Boca doesn’t stop running,” he said.The weekly tournament runs throughout the year with men’s and women’s opens. It’s for players of all ages at a certain playing level, playing for a cash prize. It specifically attracts young players, many of whom live in South Florida. With every match live-streamed online, the players can get weekly visibility with college coaches watching from home.”To see the progression of these junior players \u2014 they go from being high school players to getting college scholarships \u2014 you watch them grow up because they play every weekend,” he said.Battle of Boca is played at the Rick Macci Tennis Center in Boca Raton, the home of legendary tennis coach Rick Macci. Macci, who is Zafiros’ mentor, is the former teacher of Venus and Serena Williams, made famous in the Hollywood movie “King Richard.” “We are cut from the same cloth; we both outwork the competition. Jason has taken the Battle of Boca and made it global and iconic. Everybody loves it,” Macci said. Zafiros is hoping his story of resilience rubs off on his tournament players. “I work about 80 hours a week with Multiple Sclerosis, and if you have positive mindset like I do, you can do whatever you want. That’s what I want to instill in these players; it’s not about me,” he said.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Boca Raton’s Jason Zafiros lives and breathes tennis, so it’s no surprise he works around the clock to make sure the Battle of Boca is a premier tennis tournament destination. Some days, though, he has trouble just getting out of bed.<\/p>\n
“Right now, as I talk to you, my feet are burning badly, my legs feel heavy, and I’m kind of hurting inside. That’s what MS does to you,” Zafiros said.<\/p>\n
Even still, battling Multiple Sclerosis, on a hot and steamy South Florida day, Zafiros comes to work. Battle of Boca is his baby, and he isn’t about to miss a day of work.<\/p>\n
“I’ve been doing this six years, and I’ve never missed a weekend. Saturday through Tuesday, it doesn’t matter if it’s hurricane, a holiday, Battle of Boca doesn’t stop running,” he said.<\/p>\n
The weekly tournament runs throughout the year with men’s and women’s opens. It’s for players of all ages at a certain playing level, playing for a cash prize. It specifically attracts young players, many of whom live in South Florida. With every match live-streamed online, the players can get weekly visibility with college coaches watching from home.<\/p>\n
“To see the progression of these junior players \u2014 they go from being high school players to getting college scholarships \u2014 you watch them grow up because they play every weekend,” he said.<\/p>\n
Battle of Boca is played at the Rick Macci Tennis Center in Boca Raton, the home of legendary tennis coach Rick Macci. Macci, who is Zafiros’ mentor, is the former teacher of Venus and Serena Williams, made famous in the Hollywood movie “King Richard.” <\/p>\n
“We are cut from the same cloth; we both outwork the competition. Jason has taken the Battle of Boca and made it global and iconic. Everybody loves it,” Macci said. <\/p>\n
Zafiros is hoping his story of resilience rubs off on his tournament players. <\/p>\n
“I work about 80 hours a week with Multiple Sclerosis, and if you have positive mindset like I do, you can do whatever you want. That’s what I want to instill in these players; it’s not about me,” he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THAT\u2019S A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GLENN. WELL, SOUTH FLORIDA, AS WE…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10582,10576,10581,10577,10589,1876,10578,10583,10588,3006,10579,10584,10580,10587,28,2388,10586,3752,10585,2820],"class_list":["post-28057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-battle","tag-battle-of-boca","tag-boca","tag-boca-raton","tag-former-teacher","tag-home","tag-jason-zafiros","tag-ms","tag-multiple-sclerosis","tag-player","tag-rick-macci-tennis","tag-rick-macci-tennis-center","tag-south-florida","tag-steamy-south-florida-day","tag-tennis","tag-tournament","tag-weekend","tag-woman","tag-work","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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