Andy Roddick and co. visited Columbia on December 14 and had a rockin good time, accompanied by musical guest Gavin Rosdale. The exhibition event, designed to promote tennis to a non-playing audience benefits the Andy Roddick Foundation. The players had matches in singles, and mixed doubles with Roddick and Serena showing their stuff all night. USTA members received advance ticket sales and were among the first to know of the event, through an announcement on
www.sctennis.com. USTA SC Jr. Team Tennis participants were also eligable to compete to become ball kids at the event, with 11 JTT players from across the state receiving the exciting privlidge of serving as ball kids for the event. One of the ball kids, Madison Campanella, had an even more exciting night as Andy Roddick allowed her to play the last point of the exhibition against John Isner.