KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Playing tennis internationally is not a novelty for Boruch Skierkier, a senior from Clorinda, Argentina, and one of the offseason’s additions to Tennessee tennis. From a young age, he had to cross borders to practice the sport, making multiple stops to play collegiate tennis in the United States before coming to the University of Tennessee. All this has prepared him to make a major impact for the Volunteers this year.
In his home country of Argentina, soccer dominates the sports landscape, and Skierkier naturally gravitated toward the game. Not only was it his favorite sport to watch, but he also started playing it at the age of four. However, his soccer career was short-lived.
“I scored a goal playing in a tournament, and while celebrating with my friends and teammates, I broke my arm,” Skierkier said. “So after that, my mom told me, ‘You’re not going to come back to soccer. So you need to find an individual sport.”…