McDavid is expanding the market for its Ultralight 195 ankle brace, usually worn by basketball players, to the tennis segment. Vahid Mirzadeh, a top college tennis player, will start his professional career wearing the brace. A recent yearlong study of 1,470 high school athletes conducted by the University of Wisconsin, Madison, found that athletes who wore McDavid ankle braces were three times less likely to be injured.

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