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| By Kaitlyn Schroyer Staff Intern AGAWAM Paul Fein fell in love with sports writing and tennis, so he started writing books about tennis. Fein has received six first place prizes in the United States Tennis Writers' Association Writing Contest and many more awards for his books. "My motivation to be a tennis writer was to use all this expertise and experience to help the tennis world in every way I can," Fein, writer of "Tennis Confidential II" and many other novels, said. Fein started out as a newspaper sportswriter for three years, but this didn't satisfy his thirst for tennis. He soon switched to being a freelance tennis writer and began writing books. Not only does Fein love tennis, he's good at it too. A longtime tournament player, Fein has ranked in the top 10 in men's open singles and top five in men's open doubles. This year, Fein will be number two in the men's 60 division in New England and nationally, is number 43. But, Fein also gives back to the community in the way of teaching. He has a Pro-1 teaching rating in the United States Professional Tennis Association. Also, for the past two years, Fein has coached the MacDuffie School varsity girls' tennis team. Fein has also held president spots in the Springfield Tennis Club and the Springfield Tennis Council. Promoting the sport of tennis is one of Fein's goals. He was the founder and director of the Springfield Satellite Tennis Tournament, one of the world's first five pro satellite tournaments. His first book, "Tennis Confidential," was published in 2002 and it contained 10 portraits of the stars, seven memorable interviews, and much more. Over five articles in the book received writing awards. Another of his books, "Tennis Confidential II" was published by Potomac Books Inc. this year. Already, four articles in the book have received writing awards. Currently, Fein is taking a step back from writing books and concentrating on writing the best tennis articles for magazines all over the world including China, Australia, Brazil and India. "It is a fascinating and complicated and controversial and evolving sport that challenges my brainpower. It combined my love of sports with my love of freedom of expression," Fein said. |