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Blake and Knowles Still Winning In Basel
Friday, October 26, 2007
American James Blake went down in defeat in the singles draw yesterday, but he and teammate Bahamian Mark Knowles are still alive in doubles. Today they defeated the doubles team of Swede Robert Lindstedt and Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 6-4, 7-5.
Next up in the quarterfinals for the duo is Australian Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe.
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Tsonga and Grosjean Lose Kremlin Cup Doubles Battle
Friday, October 12, 2007
Frenchmen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Sebastien Grosjean fought Russians Marat Safin and Dmitry Tursunov to the bitter end, but to no avail. Safin and Tursunov took the prize at 7-6(5), 6-4.
The two teams duked it out in short order, the match was over in 94 minutes.
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Tsonga and Grosjean Into Kremlin Cup Quarterfinals
Thursday, October 11, 2007
The French doubles team of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Sebastien Grojean are making noise at the Kremlin Cup. The duo defeated the team of Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia 5-7, 6-4, 11-9. They moved into the quarterfinals where they will meet the Russian team of Marat Safin
and Dmitry Tursunov.
I'm Seeing Doubles, Actually I Saw Doubles
Friday, August 31, 2007
Yesterday Scoville Jenkins and Angela Haynes attempted to salvage some
part of the U. S. Open for themselves, but they accomplished nada.American Angela Haynes partnered with American Ahsha Rolle in the Women's Doubles. The team went up against American Vania King and Frenchwoman Emilie Loit. King and Loit defeated the pair 6-4, 6-1. It is now officially over for Angela Haynes, she'll have to try again next year. It's quite another story for Ahsha Rolle though.
Ahsha is becoming one of the more intriguing stories of the U. S. Open. The little known player has made it through to the third round thus far, and who knows what is on the horizon for this young lady. It's been said that her family has practically gone broke supporting her dream, as well as travelling to the Open. A couple more rounds and Ahsha should make quite a bit of that back.
After Rolle's second Match win, during her interview she said, "No, I'm not surprising myself, I always knew that I had the ability. It's just now that it's coming to pass. So I'm just the excited. Ready to ride it as long as it will go."Back to the Doubles, both Americans Scoville Jenkins and Phillip Simmonds paired up in the Men's Doubles. Unfortunately, they had no success either. They were defeated by Yves Allegro of Switzerland and his partner Kristof Vliegen of Belgium by a score of 6-3, 6-3.
Scoville also paired up with American Alexa Glatch for Mixed Doubles. This young man wanted to play some tennis damn it!! But once again, victory eluded him. He and Glatch were defeated by the American team of Vincent Spadea and Vania King by a score of 6-2, 6-1.
It's over Scoville, let it go! Hey, I actually support you whole hearted, because you obviously know that nothing beats a failure but a try, and that you did.
Chanda Rubin's Lucky Wild Card Into Doubles Not To Be
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Unfortunately for Chanda Rubin and Jamea Jackson who both received wild cards into this year's Open, the same injury that probably cost Jamea her singles match against Nicole Pratt cost both of them an opportunity in the doubles. Jamea withdrew today prior to the match that she and Chanda would have played. Truly unfortunate.
As you know, some months ago Jamea had hip surgery and has not been able to really compete this year. Go home and get well sweetie, we want to see you on the court healthy and happy.
Another Late, But Great U. S. Open Draw Discovery
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
I must have been half asleep when I reviewed the main draw just before the U. S. Open began. Because I also missed the fact that Chanda Rubin is entered into the doubles draw and is partnered with.........none other than Jamea Jackson whom I thought we had seen the last of in this year's Open. Two fantastic revealations at once. I haven't seen Chanda Rubin play in quite a while and this extends Ms. Jackson's time at the Open.
Rubin and Jackson are on schedule for play tomorrow against the doubles team of Agnes Szavay of Hungary and Vladimira Uhlirova of the Czech Republic.
I hope that they have fantastic play and put their first win under their belt.
Good luck ladies!
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