Black Tennis Pros

Talk about an ugly match!

I kept screaming at the television hoping that American Ahsha Rolle would somehow hear me and begin running after the balls that were whizzing by her head. It didn't work.

Minutes ago at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, Ahsha basically just stood on the baseline and allowed Serbian Jelena Jankovic to blast balls by her to the tune of a 6-0, 6-2 win. It looked like serve and ball placement practice for Jankovic.

I greatly suspect that Ahsha was dealing with an injury of some sort, earlier in the match she was seen by the trainer.

Ahsha now joins another wild card recipient, American Angela Haynes, on the sidelines. Come on ladies, pick it up!

Round 1 - Men's Doubles

Jeff Coetzee, RSA and Wesley Moodie, RSA
vs
Philipp Kohlschreiber, GER and Jarkko Nieminen, FIN

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA and Sebastien Grosjean, FRA
vs
Richard Gasquet FRA and Robert Lindstedt,SWE

Round 1 - Singles

James Blake, USA vs. BYE
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA vs. BYE
Gael Monfils, FRA vs. Mario Ancic, CRO
Donald Young, USA vs. Qualifier


Round 1 - Doubles

Draw Not Released

Round 1 - Qualifying Singles

Scoville Jenkins, USA vs. Mischa Zverev, GER*
*(Jenkins defeated Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 6-2)

Round 1 - Singles

Angela Haynes vs. Sara Errani, ITA
Ahsha Rolle, USA vs. Madison Brengle, USA


Round 1 - Doubles

Angela Haynes, USA and Mashona Washington, USA
vs.
Tatiana Poutchek, BLR and Anastasia Rodionova, RUS

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA and Christina Fusano, USA
vs.
Anabel Medina Garrigues, ESP and Ma. Emilia Salerni, ARG


Round 1 - Qualifying Singles

Alexandra Stevenson, USA vs. Julie Ditty, USA*
(*Ditty defeated Stevenson 7-6, 5-2)

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA vs. Sabine Lasicki, GER*
(*Lisicki defeated Kops-Jones 6-2, 6-3)

The main draw for the Pacific Life Open will be released today and I will post the players as soon as it's up.

An impressive group of American players, including veterans Mardy Fish and Robby Ginepri and rising stars Donald Young, John Isner, Vania King, Ahsha Rolle, Bethanie Mattek, Angela Haynes, Madison Brengle and Melanie Oudin have been granted wild cards for the 2008 Pacific Life Open, to be held March 10-23 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, it was announced today by tournament director Steve Simon.