Happy National Play Tennis Day! Did you know that actress Ginger Rogers was a dedicated player who regularly won tournaments? She adored tennis throughout her life and, by 1950, wanted some real competition. “ Tennis is my game,” she said years later, “ but I’m a tennis snob. I only like to play with very good players. ”  At age 39, she played mixed doubles with Frank Shields (Brooke Shields’ grandfather) at the US Open. In a rain-delayed first-round match at the US national championships at Forest Hills, Barbara Wilkins and William J. Tully defeated Rogers and Shields, 6-3, 7-5.  Ginger Rogers playing a week before the U.S. Open in Forest Hills, NY Take a look at some classic movie stars who have embraced the sport in publicity shots, their personal lives, and their films. Barbara Stanwyck Donna Reed Lucille Ball Paul Newman Spencer Tracy   Carole Lombard Claudette Colbert Gary Cooper Mel Ferrer & Audrey Hepburn Ava Gardner Jane Fonda   Cornel Wilde  Dolor...