This weekend, Illinois junior Asuka Kawai competed in the 2019 Oracles ITA Masters at Pepperdine University, in Malibu, California. There were 32 men and 32 women from around the nation who played in ...

Only a handful of Illinois athletes call other countries home, and even fewer have lived in more than one. For sophomore Asuka Kawai, it’s no different. Kawai has had to move from place to place and ...

Just three seasons ago, an unknown student who'd moved from Japan joined the Palatine girls tennis team. It didn't take Asuka Kawai long to become extremely well known in high school tennis. As a ...

Hinsdale Central, for the ninth time in 10 years, won an IHSA team title in girls tennis on Saturday, finishing with 29 points at Buffalo Grove. This one, though, is a little different, as it's the ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Asuka Kawai's history-making run at the NCAA women's tennis championships will have another chapter in it. The Illinois sophomore, who in reaching the Round of 16 became the first ...