Black Tennis Pros

American Nicholas Monroe has reached the singles final of the Brownsville Men’s Futures Pro Circuit Tennis Tournament of Brownsville, Texas.

Nicholas defeated Croatian Mislav Hizak 2-6, 6-4, 5-1 Ret. to reach the final, and is scheduled to play American Michael Russell for the title.






American Ahsha Rolle, along with teammate Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium, has reached the doubles final of The Sanderson Volvo Future Stars Women’s Tournament presented by the city of Surprise Community and Recreation Services Department, Surprise, Arizona.

The two defeated Argentines Mailen Auroux and Veronica Spiegel 6-2, 6-1 in the semifinals. They are scheduled to play teammates Jorjelina Cravero of Argentina and Russian Ekaterina Ivanova for the title.

SINGLES

Round 1

Venus Williams vs. BYE


SINGLES

Round 1

James Blake, USA vs. BYE

Gael Monfils, USA vs. Fabio Fognini, ITA

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA vs. BYE


DOUBLES

Round 1

Gael Monfils, FRA and Gilles Simon, FRA
vs.
Thomas Berdych, CZE and Nicolas Keifer, GER

James Blake, USA and Mardy Fish, USA
defeated by
Carlos Moya, ESP and Rafael Nadal, ESP
6-4, 6-7(5) [5/10]

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


SINGLES

Round 1

Donald Young, USA vs. Lester Cook, USA

Scoville Jenkins, USA vs. Robert Kendrick, USA


DOUBLES

Round 1

Scoville Jenkins, USA and Amir Weintraub, ISR
vs.
Ilia Bozoljac, SRB and Dusan Vemic, SRB


SINGLES

Round 1

Nicholas Monroe, USA vs. Brett Joelson, USA

Phillip Simmonds, USA vs. Maksim Tikhomirov, USA


DOUBLES

Round 1

Phillip Simmonds, USA and Gregory Ouellette, USA
vs.
G. D. Jones, NZL and Ryan Rowe, USA


SINGLES

Round 1

Asia Muhammad, USA vs. Rossana De Los Rios, PAR

Alexandra Stevenson, USA vs. Shenay Perry, USA

Ahsha Rolle, USA vs. Anna Tatishvilli, GEO

Angela Haynes, USA vs. Lindsay Lee-Waters, USA


DOUBLES

Round 1

Ahsha Rolle, USA and Olga Puchkoba, RUS
vs.
Julie Ditty, USA and Carly Gullickson, USA

Asia Muhammad, USA and Christina McHale, USA
vs.
Brittany Augustine, USA and Grace Min, USA

Megan Moulton-Levy, USA and Audra Cohen, USA
vs.
Lauren Albanese, USA vs. Madison Brengle, USA

Angela Haynes, USA and Melinda Czink, HUN
vs.
Margaret Boyette, USA and Alexandra Clay, USA


Singles Qualifying Rounds:

Round 1

Megan Moulton-Levy, USA defeated Chieh-Yu Hsu, USA
6-3, 6-1


SINGLES

Round 1

Whitney Jones, USA vs. Anna Orlik, BLR


DOUBLES

Round 1

Whitney Jones, USA and Larikah Russell, BAH
vs.
Coral Morales, CHI and Melodia Morales, CHI

SINGLES

Round 1

Gael Monfils, FRA vs. BYE

Donald Young, USA vs. Jurgen Melzer, AUT

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA vs. BYE


DOUBLES

Round 1

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA and Fabrice Santoro, FRA
vs.
Novak Djokovic, SRB and Marko Djokovic, SRB

Gael Monfils, FRA and Viktor Troicki, SRB
vs.
Robin Soderling, SWE and Rogier Wassen, NED


SINGLES

Round 1

Nicholas Monroe, USA defeated by Todd Widom
2-6, 1-6

Raven Klaasen, RSA defeated Michael Russell, USA
6-2, 5-7, 7-5

Phillip Simmonds, USA defeated by Ryan Sweeting, USA
1-6, 4-6


DOUBLES

Round 1

Raven Klaasen, RSA and Ivo Klec, SVK
vs.
Tim Smyczek, USA and Ryan Sweeting USA

Nicholas Monroe, USA and Alberto Francis, USA
defeated by
Raony Carvalho, BRA and Christian Rojmar, SWE
3-6, 4-6

Phillip Simmonds, USA and Greg Ouellette, USA
defeated by
Philip Bester, CAN and Peter Polansky, CAN
5-7, 1-6


SINGLES

Round 1

Marcus Fugate, USA vs. Sheeva Parbhu, USA


DOUBLES

Round 1

Marcus Fugate, USA and Nima Roshan, USA
defeated by
Daniel Andrus, USA and Aaron Yovan, USA
2-6, 7-6(2), [8/10]


SINGLES*

Round 1

Alexandra Stevenson, USA vs. Madison Brengle, USA

Angela Haynes, USA vs. Betina Jozami, ARG

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA vs. Shenay Perry, USA


*Eliminated during the singles qualifying rounds:

Whitney Jones, USA
Tiya Rolle, USA


DOUBLES

Round 1

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA and Abigail Spears, USA
defeated
Soledad Esperon, ARG and Tetiana Luzhanska, UKR
6-3, 6-4

Angela Haynes, USA and Sunitha Rao, IND
defeated by
Liga Dekmeijere, LAT and Jelena Pandzic, CRO
3-6, 7-5, [10/12]

Whitney Jones, USA and Tiya Rolle, USA
defeated by
Madison Brengle, USA and Heidi El Tabakh, CAN
1-6, 0-6

SINGLES

Round 1

Alexandra Stevenson, USA defeated by R. De Los Rios (PAR)
6-7(4), 4-6

Ahsha Rolle, USA defeated by Mary Gambale, USA
1-6, 6-1, 3-6

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA vs. Chanelle Schneepers, RSA

Angela Haynes, USA defeated Julia Cohen, USA
6-1, 6-7(4), 6-3


DOUBLES

Round 1

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA and Abigail Spears, USA
vs.
Liga Dekmeijere, LAT and Jelena Pandzic, CRO

Angela Haynes, USA and Ahsha Rolle, USA
vs.
Georgie Stoop, GBR and Story Tweedie-Yates, USA

Tiya Rolle, USA and Brittany Augustine, USA
defeated by
Soledad Esperon ARG and Chanelle Scheepers, RSA
4-6, 5-7



SINGLES

Round 1

Phillip Simmonds defeated Kevin Kim, USA
7-6(6), 4-6, 6-4

Raven Klaasen, RSA defeated Shane LaPorte, USA
6-2, 6-3

Nicholas Monroe, USA defeated Rajeev Ram, USA
6-2, 1-6, 6-3


DOUBLES

Round 1

Raven Klaasen, RSA and Jonathan Marray, GBR
defeated by
Alex Bogomolov, Jr., USA and Dusan Vemic, SRB
0-6, 2-6

Phillip Simmonds, USA and Greg Ouellette, USA
defeated
Lester Cook, USA and Shane LaPorte, USA
7-5-6-4

Nicholas Monroe, USA and Alberto Francis, USA
defeated
Stephen Amritraj, IND and Peter Polansky, CAN
6-4, 3-6 (11/9)



SINGLES

Round 1

Marcus Fugate, USA vs. Andreas, Siljestrom, SWE


DOUBLES

Round 1

Marcus Fugate, USA and Nima Roshan, USA
defeated
Nicholas Edlefsen, USA and Tommy Garrison, USA
6-4, 6-7(5), (10/3)

John Hoyes, USA and Benjamin Rogers, USA
defeated
Sahr Timothy Kpulun, SLE and Logan McKenzie, NZL
6-3, 1-6, (10/4)

SINGLES

Round 1

James Blake, USA defeated Gilles Simon, FRA
6-4, 6-3

Gael Monfils, FRA defeated Donald Young, USA(WC)
6-1, 6-1


DOUBLES

Round 1

James Blake, USA and Sam Querrey, USA
defeated by
Todd Widom, USA and Michael Yani, USA
6-7(2), 6-3 [7-10]

Donald Young, USA and Jesse Levine, USA
defeated by
Robert Lindstedt (SWE) and Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
6-7(8), 6-7(1)



SINGLES

Round 1

Ahsha Rolle, USA(Q) defeated by Alisa Kleybanova, RUS
4-6, 2-6

Jamea Jackson, USA(Q) defeated by Victoria Azarenka, BLR
1-6, 1-6


*Eliminated during singles qualifying rounds:

Angela Haynes, USA
Alexandra Stevenson, USA


DOUBLES

Round 1

Angela Haynes, USA and Liga Dekmeijere, LAT
defeated
Julie Ditty, USA and Shikha Uberoi, IND
6-1, 6-4

Alexandra Stevenson, USA and Anne Keothavong, GBR
defeated
Katie O'Brien GBR and Chanelle Scheepers, RSA
1-6, 7-5 [10-8]


SINGLES

Round 1

Nicholas Monroe, USA(WC) defeated by Yen-Hsun Lu, TPE
6-7(5), 3-6

Scoville Jenkins, USA defeated by Kyu Tae Im, KOR
5-7, 7-6(3), 3-6

Phillip Simmonds, USA vs. Noam Okun, ISR


DOUBLES

Round 1

Scoville Jenkins, USA and Brendan Evans, USA
defeated by
Frederic Niemeyer, CAN and Bobby Reynolds, USA
1-6, 4-6


SINGLES

Round 1

Todd Paul, USA defeated Austin Klores, USA
6-1, 6-2

Jarmaine Jenkins, USA defeated Lance Vodicka, USA
6-3, 4-0 Ret'd

Raven Klaasen, RSA defeated Matthew Allare, USA
4-6, 6-2, 6-1


DOUBLES

Round 1

Jarmaine Jenkins, USA and Ryan Young, USA
defeated by
Tigran Martirosyan, ARM and Daniel Yoo, KOR
6-2, 6-7(5) [6-10]

Raven Klaasen, RSA and Yuichi Ito, JPN
defeated
Sheeva Parbhu, USA and Maciek Sykut, USA
6-0, 3-6 [10-8]


SINGLES*

Round 1

Megan Moulton-Levy, USA defeated by Sofia Melikishvili, GEO
3-6, 6-3, 2-6

Ellah Nze, USA defeated Paula Zabala, COL
6-4, 6-4


DOUBLES

Round 1

Megan Moulton-Levy, USA and Zuzana Zemenova, SVK
defeated
Sarah Foster, USA and Imke Reimers GER
6-1, 6-2

Ellah Nze, USA and Alison Riske, USA
defeated
Emily Fraser, USA and Alexa Guarachi, USA
6-2, 6-2


*Eliminated during singles qualifying rounds:

Tinesta Rowe, JAM

Ben Monroe, coach and father of player Nicholas Monroe shared the following results:

CHALLENGER BANQUE NATIONALE
July 7-13, 2008
Granby, Canada

DOUBLES

Final Round

Nicholas Monroe and Alberto Francis, USA
defeated by
Peter Polansky, CAN and Philip Bester, CAN
2-6, 6-1, [10-5]


MONCTON CHALLENGER
July 14-20, 2008
Moncton, Canada

SINGLES

Round 1

Nicholas Monroe, USA defeated Nathan Thompson, USA
7-6 (0), 6-2