DECATUR — Volunteers are needed to be ball runners for the upcoming Illinois Women’s Pro Tennis Championships in Decatur. A training session, for those ages 12 and up, will be held from 1 to 2 p.m.

Tennis has a fuzzy yellow problem most players don't think about when they open can after can of fresh balls, or when umpires at U.S. Open matches make their frequent requests for "new balls please." ...