Black Tennis Pros

FINAL RESULTS: Advanta WTT Roster Draft – March 31 – Miami, Florida


Round 1

New York Buzz - Sloane Stephens

Round 2

Washington Kastles - Angela Haynes

Boston Lobsters - Stephanie Foretz

Round 3

Philadelphia Freedoms - Madison Keys

(Joins Venus Williams)

Kansas City Explorers - Milagros Sequera

New york Buzz - Evan King

Round 4

Springfield Lasers - Raven Klaasen

Boston Lobsters - Raquel Kops-Jones (protection)

About Advanta WTT Pro League:

WTT is well known for introducing innovative elements to tennis including instant replay, co-ed format, multi-colored courts, cumulative and no-ad scoring, on-court coaching, Supertiebreakers and player names on back of their shirts.

Team matches consist of five events, with one set each of men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. The first team to reach five games wins each set. A nine-point tiebreaker is played if a set reaches four-all. One point is awarded for each game won. If necessary, Overtime and a Supertiebreaker are played to determine the winner of the match.

Advanta is the title sponsor of the Advanta WTT Pro League and the official business credit card of WTT. Official Advanta WTT Pro League sponsors for the 2009 season include FirmGreen Energy, GEICO and Wilson Racquet Sports.

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After having her first round match suspended due to rain, American Serena Williams returned on day 2 of the Beijing Olympics Tennis Event to finish what she started.

Serena defeated Olga Govortsova 6-3, 6-1.

















Not to be outdone by baby sis, Venus Williams won her first round match against Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky 6-3, 6-2.

Switzerland's Patty Schnyder had better luck against another American, Jill Craybas. Jill was defeated 6-3, 6-2.















Robby Ginepri wasn't able to overcome Serbian Novak Djokovic. The loss came in at 6-4, 6-4.


Also,





Milagros Sequera of Venezuela had to retire because of an injury...what tough luck.


Frenchman Gael Monfils defeated Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

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SINGLES

Final Round

Milagros Sequera, VEN !! defeated Amanda Fink, USA
6-2, 6-0

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SINGLES

Semifinal Round

Milagros Sequera, VEN defeated Regina Kulikova, RUS
1-6, 6-3, 6-2


SINGLES

Semifinal Round

Marcus Fugate, USA defeated by Jean-Yves Aubone
3-6, 2-6


DOUBLES

Final Round

Marcus Fugate, USA and Tigran Martirosyan, ARM WINNER!!
defeated
Robbye Poole, USA and Rylan Rizza
4-6, 6-0 [10/8]

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SINGLES

Round 1

Josselin Ouanna, FRA defeated by Marin Cilic, CRO
3-6, 4-6


SINGLES

Round 1

Donald Young, USA defeated Woong-Sun Jun, KOR
6-3, 2-6, 6-4


INJURY

Gael Monfils, FRA - Ankle


SINGLES*

Round 1

Milagros Sequera, VEN vs. Qualifier/Lucky Loser


DOUBLES

Round 1

Milagros Sequera, VEN and Stephanie DuBois, CAN
vs.
Lena Litvak, USA and Alexis Prousis, USA


*Eliminated during Ladies Singles qualifying rounds:

Tiya Rolle
Asia Muhammad


SINGLES

Round 1

Marcus Fugate, USA vs. Kirill Sinitsyn, CAN


DOUBLES

Round 1

Marcus Fugate, USA and Tigran Martirosyan, ARM
vs.
Roy Kalmanavich, USA and Benjamin Rogers, USA

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As it should have been, nothing particularly exciting happened on the grounds of the Wimbledon stadium. The Black tennis pros that were in action split success.

American Serena Williams advanced to the second round and Venezuelan Milagros Sequera was defeated.

Although, Serena did toss on a pretty snappy looking short trench over her tennis dress. Interesting look...I like it.

“It is definitely not athletic attire, but it is ladylike and I am very ladylike. It goes perfectly with my personality and everything else.”

“I absolutely love trenchcoats. I mean, I love coats, and I don’t know why because I live in Florida, so it doesn’t really add up.”

“It is a very lightweight fabric. It is woven so it has a little give in it as well. On the inside it is stitched with gold. It has a little give on both ways. It is very movable, it is very light, it is delectable.”

"It is definitely kind of retro-inspired; buckles on the wrist, the waistband tie. You can tie it or button it. Now I have a wonderful white coat I can wear on the court and also, you know, in New York for those rainy days,”

Americans Venus Williams, James Blake and Donald Young, and Frenchwoman Stephanie Foretz will be in action today.

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GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES*

Round 1

James Blake, USA vs. Christophe Rochus, BEL

Gael Monfils, FRA vs. Chris Guccione, AUS

Donald Young, USA vs. Jesse Levine, USA


*Eliminated during Gentlemen's Singles qualifying rounds:

Scoville Jenkins, USA
Josselin Ouanna, FRA
Nicholas Monroe, USA


GENTLEMEN'S DOUBLES

Round 1

Jeff Coetzee, RSA and Wesley Moodie, RSA
vs.
Simone Bolelli, ITA and Andreas Seppi, ITA

Gael Monfils, FRA and Mischa Zverev, GER
vs.
Chris Haggard, RSA and Lovro Zovko, CRO


LADIES' SINGLES*

Round 1

Venus Williams, USA vs. Naomi Cavaday, GBR

Serena Williams, USA vs. Kaia Kanepi, EST

Stephanie Foretz, FRA vs. Maria Sharapova, RUS

Milagros Sequera, VEN vs. Virginia Ruano Pascual, ESP


*Eliminated during Ladies' Singles qualifying rounds:

Alexandra Stevenson, USA
Angela Haynes, USA
Mashona Washington, USA
Raquel Kops-Jones, USA


LADIES' DOUBLES

Round 1

Venus Williams, USA and Serena Williams, USA
vs.
Tatiana Poutchek, BLR and Anastasia Rodionova, AUS

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA and Abigail Spears, USA
vs.
Timea Bacsinszky, SUI and Alize Cornet, FRA

Stephanie Fortez, FRA and Camille Pin, FRA
vs.
Anabel Medina Garrigues, ESP and Virginia Ruano Pascual, ESP

Mashona Washington, USA and Su-Wei Hsieh, TPE
vs.
Yaroslava Shvedova, RUS and Tamarine Tanasugarn


The Mixed Doubles Draw will be available on June 27.
The Juniors Draw will be available on June 27.

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Round 1 - Singles

James Blake, USA and Bjorn Pau, GER




Round 1 - Doubles

Jeff Coetzee, RSA and Wesley Moodie, RSA
vs.
Bye




Round 1 - Singles

Milagros Sequera, VEN vs. Virginia Ruano Pascual, ESP


Round 1 - Doubles

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA and Natalie Grandin, RSA
vs.
Bethanie Mattek, USA and Sania Mirza, IND


Eliminated in singles qualifying rounds:

Raquel Kops-Jones



Round 1 - Singles

Phillip Simmonds, USA vs. Jose Statham, NZL

Marcus Fugate, USA vs. Michael Yani, USA


Round 1 - Doubles

Phillip Simmonds, USA and Scott Oudsema, USA
vs.
Strahinja Bobusic, AUS and Greg Jones, AUS

Marcus Fugate, USA and Justin O'Neal, USA
vs.
G.D. Jones, NZL and Daniel King Turner, NZL



Round 1 - Doubles

Tiya Rolle, USA and Whitney Jones, USA
vs.
Romana Tedjakusuma, INA and Story Tweedie-Yates, USA

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Round 1 - Singles

James Blake, USA vs. BYE

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA vs. Gilles Simon, FRA


Round 1 - Doubles

Jeff Coetzee, RSA and Wesley Moodie, RSA
vs.
Jose Acasuso, ARG and Fernando Gonzalez, CHI

James Blake, USA and Mardy Fish, USA
vs.
Marcelo Melo, BRA and Andre Sa, BRA


Qualifying Singles

Gael Monfils eliminated by Olivier Patience
6-3, 1-0 Retired

Berlin Germany, May 5-13, 2008

Round - 1 Singles

Serena Williams, USA vs. BYE

Milagros Sequera, VEN defeated by Agnes Szavay, HUN
6-2, 3-0 Retired

Indian Harbour Beach, Florida

Round 1 - Singles

Mashona Washington, USA vs. Qualifier/Lucky Loser

Alexandra Stevenson, USA vs. Abigail Spears, USA

Ahsha Rolle, USA vs. Qualifier/Lucky Loser

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA vs. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, NED


Round 1 - Doubles

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA and Abigail Spears, USA
vs.
Mary Gambale, USA and Petra Rampre, SLO

Shenay Perry, USA and Christina Fusano, USA
vs.
Jamie Hampton, USA and Melanie Oudin, USA

Tunica Resorts, Mississippi

Round 1 - Singles

(WC) Donald Young, USA vs. (Q) Cecil Mamiit, PHI

Scoville Jenkins, USA and Conor Niland, IRL


Qualifying Rounds

Phillip Simmonds, USA eliminated by Tim Smyczek, USA
6-3, 6-3

Orange Park, Florida

Round 1 - Singles

(WC) Jarmere Jenkins, USA vs. Clinton Thomson, AUS

Marcus Fugate, USA vs. Ty D Trombetta, USA

Timothy Neilly, BAH vs. Dennis Zivkovic, USA


Round 1 - Doubles

Timothy Neilly, BAH and Sergio Rojas, PER
vs.
Jose Statham, NZL and Clinton Thomson, AUS

Jarmere Jenkins, USA and Chase Buchanan, USA
vs.
Andreas Siljestrom, SWE and Lance Vodicka, USA

Marcus Fugate, USA and Bjorn Munroe, BAH
vs.
Mark Arrowsmith, USA and Louis Ballantyne, GBR

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Round 1 - Singles
Alexandra Stevenson, USA vs. Alina Jidkova, RUS*
*Stevenson defeated Jidkova 7-6(6), 6-1

Milagros Sequera, VEN vs. Arevane Rezai, FRA

Ahsha Rolle, USA vs. Tiantian Sun, CHN*
*Sun defeated Rolle 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-2

Serena Williams, USA vs. BYE


Round 1 - Doubles

Angela Haynes, USA and Milagros Sequera, VEN
vs.
Vania King, USA and Tiantian Sun, CHN

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Qualifying Rounds

Angela Haynes, USA vs. Meng Yuan, CHN*
*Angela was defeated 7-5, 6-2


Round 1

Milagros Sequera, VEN vs. Elena Vesnina, RUS

Venus Williams - Withdrew*

*Venus withdrew from the Bausch & Lomb Championships on Saturday because she will be receiving treatment this week to resolve a medical issue.

"I have had great experiences at the Bausch & Lomb Championships and regret that I will not be participating this year," Williams said in a statement. "I look forward to being back on tour soon."

"The sun's shining and everything's green and the birds are chirping - and you're hitting the ball as hard as you can," Williams told the Times-Union during the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. "It's just kind of a warm, fuzzy feeling about the event."

Venus will still have a chance to see the beauty of Amelia Island this year - if only briefly. She has agreed to come to Amelia Island Plantation one day this week for a news conference to promote the tournament, which she won in 2002. Her victory was a three-set comeback thriller against Justine Henin - a memory she counts among her favorites at Amelia Island.

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Round 1 - Women's Singles

Milagros Sequera, VEN defeated Yaroslava Shvedova, RUS
6-3, 6-4


Round 1 - Men's Singles

Gael Monfils, FRA
defeated
John Isner(WC), USA 6-7(8), 6-3, 6-3

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Round 1 - Women's Singles

Venus Williams, USA vs. BYE
Serena Williams, USA vs. BYE
Milagros Sequera, VEN vs. Yaroslava Shvedova, RUS


Round 1 - Women's Doubles

Mashona Washington, USA and Bethanie Mattek, USA
vs.
Patty Schynder, SUI and Meghann Shaughnessy, USA


Women's Qualifying

Ahsha Rolle, USA defeated by Anastasia Rodionova, USA
7-6(4), 6-0 1st round

Mashona Washington defeated by Alisa Kleybanova, RUS
6-1, 6-2 2nd round


Round 1 - Men's Singles

James Blake, USA vs. BYE
Gael Monfils, FRA vs. John Isner(WC), USA
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA vs. BYE


Round 1 - Men's Doubles

Draw Not Released


Men's Qualifying

Donald Young, USA defeated by Bobby Reynolds
2nd round 6-3, 7-5

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After a two hour and fourteen minute match today, American Coco Vandeweghe outlasted fellow American Ahsha Rolle at the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Vandeweghe defeated Rolle 7-6, 6-3, 6-4. Rolle served eight aces, but virtually eliminated them with seven double faults.

Earlier in the week at this same tournament, Venezuelan Milagros Sequera was eliminated in the first round. Sequera was defeated by Tatjana Malek of Germany 6-3, 6-4.

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