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DI businesses prepare for influx of eager fans

With over 90,000 fans, more than 100 players and thousands of support staff and other professionals from across the globe expected to flock to the Volvo Car Open next week, businesses on Daniel Island and within the surrounding greater Charleston area are hoping to feel the effects at their cash...

VCO by day! VCO by night!

Did you know?? *While in town, several Volvo Car Open players visit young patients in the MUSC Children’s Hospital, the tournament’s official charity. *VCO players engage with inner city youth interested in tennis by taking part in the “Courting Kids at Tennis in the City” program held on the...

Behind the scenes at the VCO: What does it really take to pull it off?

Preparing for an event the size of the Volvo Car Open is a rather difficult task. With a team of only 12 full-time employees, the tournament is a huge success each year. But what does it really take to pull off an event of this magnitude? According to Robert (Rob) Eppelsheimer, director of Tennis...

Meet the global competition!

Each of the five top players in the Volvo Car Open hail from five different countries – France, the Czech Republic, Russia, the U.S. and Germany. And, the next five seeds come from an additional three countries - Australia, Latvia and Japan. That’s healthy global competition! Top seed - Caroline...

Two-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova to make her VCO debut

The Volvo Car Open has never lacked star power since its inception in 1973 as the Family Circle Cup. But what makes this southern clay-court tournament special is its ability to launch the careers of players who won the event as teenagers and concluded their careers as hall-of-famers. Chris Evert,...

Will Daria deliver again?

The 2017 Volvo Car Open championship marked the first time since 2009 that two teenagers played against each other for a WTA title. Daria Kasatkina defeated Jelena Ostapenko in a battle of 19-year olds. The 66-minute match was so entertaining that the 7,491 fans who showed up at Billie Jean King...

Four former VCO champs set to return to Daniel Island

She’s celebrated a milestone 30th birthday in Charleston and savored a championship after a week’s work on green clay. Samantha Stosur has plenty of memories of the Volvo Car Open/Family Circle Cup experience. After all, it’s her favorite tournament and this year marks the 12th time the Australian...

A non-traditional school choice for tennis athletes

Editor’s Note: Once a month, we pose a question submitted by one of our readers to a local professional or expert regarding parenting issues. While we don’t have a specific question for this month, we do occasionally get questions about alternative school options for kids in our community. That’s...

Cainhoy Plantation owners place half of property into conservation

The owners of the roughly 9,000-acre Cainhoy Plantation announced last week their intention to permanently protect nearly half of the historic property. The protected land area is nearly the size of the Charleston peninsula and will be one of the largest assemblages of conserved lands within city...

'Pinwheels for Great Childhoods' coming to DI

Blue pinwheels will soon be sprouting up all across Daniel Island and the Cainhoy peninsula. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month - and to raise awareness the Exchange Club of Daniel Island, Dee Norton Child Advocacy Center, Darkness to Light and Prevent Child Abuse America will be participating...