CHAMPAIGN — Pro tennis tournaments have happened in the past during the summer months on the University of Illinois campus.
They're at it again this summer as the first of three such tournaments started on Monday with qualifying at the Fletcher Financial Open, a USTA Pro Circuit event held at Atkins Tennis Center and the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex.
Two other tournaments — the M25 Champaign starting on July 22 and the M15 Champaign starting on Sept. 9 — will also take place with up-and-coming professionals, mixed in with college players, trying to win titles — and some money — in Champaign-Urbana.