Black Tennis Pros

Ladies' Doubles - Round 1

Madison Keys, USA and Alison Riske, USA
defeated
Petra Cetkovska, CZE and Vania King, USA
7(7)-6, 5(5)-2



Gentlemen's Doubles - Round 1

Raven Klaasen, RSA (13) and Eric Butorac, USA (13)
defeated
Ryan Harrison, USA and Kevin King, USA
6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4

Dustin Brown, GER and Jan-Lennard Struff, GER
defeated
Ken Skupski, GBR and Neal Skupski, GBR
5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2


Mixed Doubles - Round 1

Raquel-Kops Jones, USA (11) and Juan-Sebastian Cabal, COL (11)
vs.
Bye

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Men's Singles - Round 1
Steve Johnson (USA) vs. Laurent Lokoli (FRA)	To Finish 4-6 6-7(7) 7-6(3) 6-3 3-1

 
Women's Singles - Round 2

Serena Williams (USA) [1]
Garbine Muguruza (ESP)


Anna Schmiedlova (SVK)
Venus Williams (USA) [29]

Alize Cornet (FRA) [20]
Taylor Townsend (USA)


Men's Singles - Round 2

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [13]
Jurgen Melzer (AUT)


Women's Doubles - Round 1

Stephanie Foretz Gacon (FRA)
Laura Thorpe (FRA)
Jana Cepelova (SVK)
Stefanie Voegele (SUI)

Kveta Peschke (CZE) [4]
Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) [4]
Lauren Davis (USA)
Megan Moulton-Levy (USA)

Madison Keys (USA)
Alison Riske (USA)
Irina Ramialison (FRA)
Constance Sibille (FRA)


Men's Doubles - Round 1

Tristan Lamasine (FRA)
Laurent Lokoli (FRA)
David Marrero (ESP) [4]
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) [4]

Eric Butorac (USA) [14]
Raven Klaasen (RSA) [14]
Steve Johnson (USA)
Sam Querrey (USA)

Michael Llodra (FRA) [5]
Nicolas Mahut (FRA) [5]
Gael Monfils (FRA)
Josselin Ouanna (FRA)

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On Day Three of the 2012 US Open, Round One of Men's and Women's Doubles began and were completed as follows:

WOMEN'S DOUBLES

Venus Williams, USA and Serena Williams, USA
Megan Moulton-Levy, USA and Lindsay Lee-Waters
6-4, 6-0

Racquel Kops-Jones, USA and Abigail Spears, USA
Dominika Cibulkova, SVK and Daniela Hantuchova, SVK
4-6, 6-1, 6-2

Madison Keys, USA and Jessica Pegula, USA
Akgul Amanmuradova, UZB and Monica Niculescu, ROU
6-2, 6-2

MEN'S DOUBLES

Nicholas Monroe, USA and Donald Young, USA
Michael Llodra, FRA(7) and Nenad Zimonjic, SRB(7)
5-7, 6-3, 6-4

Raven Klaasen, RSA and Alex Bogomolov, Jr., RUS
Tatsuma Ito, JPN and Go Soeda, JPN
6-1, 6-3

Dustin Brown, GER and Christopher Kas, GER
Leander Paes, IND(5) and Radek Stepanek, CZE(5)
3-6, 3-6

James Blake, USA and Sam Querrey
defeated by
Treat Conrad Huey, PHI and Dominic Inglot, GBR
 6-1, 7(9)-6(7)

MIXED DOUBLES

Sloane Stephens, USA and Rajeev Ram, USA
defeated
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA and Horia Tecau, ROU
6-2, 5-7, 1(10)-0(8)

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Top seed Gael Monfils defeated fellow Frenchman Josselin Ouanna 6-4, 7-5 on Thursday in Johannesburg to book his place in the quarter-finals at the SA Tennis Open, an ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament.

Ouanna managed to save 13 of the 16 break point chances he faced on serve, but it still did not prove enough to prevent his more experienced countryman from closing out the victory in one hour and 21 minutes.

Afterwards, World No. 13 Monfils admitted he had to work for the win against the 88th-ranked Ouanna. “I think he knows me well, and it’s hard all the time when players know you well,” he said. “Also, I just didn’t get the big serve. It was a bit tough. I needed to be focused to get back the return. Also, sometimes he can hit very hard with his forehand, so today was definitely harder than the first game.”

Monfils made an impressive tournament debut Tuesday, taking just 53 minutes to dismiss Slovakian veteran Dominik Hrbaty. The 23 year old is attempting to keep the Johannesburg title in French possession, after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the SA Tennis Open last year.

He will look to reach an ATP World Tour semi-final for the second time this season when he next plays seventh seed Yen-Hsun Lu. Earlier in the evening, after a 90-minute rain delay, Lu knocked out South African wild card Raven Klaasen 6-4, 7-5 in one hour and 56 minutes.

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Round 1

SINGLES

(1)Gael Monfils, FRA defeated Dominik Hrbaty, SVK
6-2, 6-1

Josselin Ouanna, FRA defeated Harel Levy, ISR
7-6(4), 6-2

(WC)Raven Klaasen, RSA defeated David Guez, FRA
6-4, 6-3

Dustin Brown, JAM defeated Marco Chiudinelli, SUI
6-4, 3-6, 6-4

DOUBLES

Jeff Coetzee, RSA and Rogier Wassen, NED
defeated by
Raven Klaasen, RSA and Izak Van Der Merwe, RSA
6-4, 2-6 [8/10]


Round 2

SINGLES

Gael Monfils, FRA defeated Josselin Ouanna, FRA
6-4, 7-5

(WC)Raven Klaasen, RSA defeated by Yen-Hsun Lu, TPE
4-6, 5-7

Dustin Brown, JAM defeated Laurent Recouderc, FRA
6-4, 6-4


Round 3

SINGLES

Gael Monfils, FRA defeated Yen-Hsun Lu, TPE
6-1, 6-4

Dustin Brown, JAM defeated by Stephane Robert, FRA
6-7(5), 3-6


Quarterfinal Round

DOUBLES

Raven Klaasen, RSA and Izak Van Der Merwe, RSA
defeated by
Karol Beck, SVK and Harel Levy, ISR
4-6, 6-2 [8/10]


Semifinal Round

SINGLES

Gael Monfils, FRA vs. Feliciano Lopez, ESP


Eliminated during singles qualifying rounds:

Julio Silva, BRA


Round 1

SINGLES

Angela Haynes, USA defeated Laura Siegemund, GER
6-1, 6-2

DOUBLES

(4)Angela Haynes, USA and Alina Jidkova, RUS
defeated
Shuko Aoyama, JPN and Miki Miyamura, JPN
6-4, 7-5

(WC)Brittany Augustine, USA and Courtney B. Dolehide, USA
defeated
Amanda Fink, USA and Elizabeth Lumpkin, USA
6-2, 6-2


Round 2

SINGLES

Angela Haynes, USA defeated Melanie South, GBR
6-2, 6-3


Quarterfinal Round

SINGLES

Angela Haynes, USA defeated by Tadeja Majeric, SLO
7-5, 2-6, 4-6

DOUBLES

(4)Angela Haynes, USA and Alina Jidkova, RUS
defeated by
Kimberly Couts, USA and Anastasia Pivovarova
4-6, 6-4 [6-10]

(WC)Brittany Augustine, USA and Courtney B. Dolehide, USA
defeated by
Lyudmyla Kichenok, UKR and Nadiya Kichenok, UKR
4-6, 2-6

Eliminated during singles qualifying rounds:

Sloane Stephens, USA
Brittany Augustine, USA


Round 1

SINGLES

(Q)Nicholas Monroe, USA defeated by Ryan Sweeting, USA
1-6, 4-6

Scoville Jenkins, USA defeated by (WC)Michael McClune, USA
3-6, 3-6

DOUBLES

Scoville Jenkins, USA and Jesse Witten, USA
defeated
Alex Kuznetsov, USA and Igor Sijsling, NED
4-6, 6-2 [12/10]


Round 2

DOUBLES

Scoville Jenkins, USA and Jesse Witten, USA
defeated by
Vasek Pospisil, CAN and Adil Shamasdin
wo.


Round 1

SINGLES

Marcus Fugate, USA defeated (Q)Younes Rachidi, MAR
6-2, 6-3

Phillip Simmonds, USA defeated by Eric Nunez, USA
1-6, 2-6

DOUBLES

Marcus Fugate, USA and Gregory Ouellette, USA
vs.
Bye


Round 2

SINGLES

Marcus Fugate, USA defeated by Matej Bocko, SVK
4-6, 2-6


Quarterfinal Round

DOUBLES

Marcus Fugate, USA and Gregory Ouellette, USA
defeated by
Taylor Fogleman, USA and Benjamin Rogers, USA
4-6, 4-6

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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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Could the big four international grand slams someday become the big five? The Soweto Open in South Africa certainly would like to make that happen. The famous township, a symbol of the anti-apartheid fight where Nelson Mandela lived, has started its own.


Hopefuls Get Chance To Play In Soweto Open

The South African Tennis Association (Sata) has announced a pre-qualifying tournament for the upcoming Soweto Open men's and women's events for players from previously disadvantaged communities.

The tournament will be played at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Complex in Jabavu, Soweto, from April 3-5. Finalists will earn wildcard spots in the qualifying draw of the Open with the losing semi-finalists playing out for third and fourth place.

Following his controversial decision to play in the SA Open at Ellis Park in the 1970's, the legendary Arthur Ashe sponsored the tennis complex in Soweto in order to assist budding young black tennis players.

Sata chief executive Ian Smith said: "This is one way of making sure that the late Arthur's dream becomes a reality. We are calling out to all those interested to register for the event.

Selection will be in accordance with current national rankings

"One of the South African Tennis Association's main objectives is to develop tennis players in communities that were previously disadvantaged"

To participate, players must be 14 or older. Selection will be in accordance with current national rankings in open and age categories. A R10 fee is payable at the registration desk at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Complex between 8am and 9am on Friday.

The Soweto Open will be the first major international tennis tournament to be staged in South Africa's most populous and renowned township.

For more information on the pre-qualifying tournament contact the South African Tennis Association on 011-442-0500 during office hours.


Soweto Deals Four Wildcards

Three South African tennis players and a Frenchman have been given wildcards into the Soweto Open beginning at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday.

Fabrice Santoro, who was forced to withdraw from the recent SA Open at Montecasino for personal reasons, was keen to make up for that by playing in this event.

However, according to ATP World Tour regulations, a player ranked in the top 50 may not enter directly into a Challenger and has to be given a wildcard in order to participate. Santoro, ranked exactly at number 50, fell into that category.

The three South Africans who have been given direct entry into the tournament are Izak van der Merwe, Raven Klaasen and Andrew Anderson.

Van der Merwe, ranked 271st in the world, narrowly missed out on making the main draw directly. He is a member of the South African Davis Cup team and won both of his matches in the recent 5-0 clean sweep over Macedonia.

Klaasen, ranked 338, reached the second round of the SA Open after beating Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, but then lost to former Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-3, 7-5.

Anderson qualified for the SA Open and also went down to Baghdatis, in his case in the opening round.

Fritz Wolmarans, who has been plagued by a string of injuries lately, will need to go through the qualifying process in order to get into the main draw.

"Fritz has not played much due to injury. He needs match practice and playing in the qualifiers will benefit him if he goes through,'' said SA Tennis Association chief executive Ian Smith.

"It is great for us to have a player of Santoro's stature at this event, especially in his final year on the tour.

"It should also benefit Izak, Raven and Andrew to get the chance to improve their rankings at an event in their own country.''

The Soweto Open is the first ATP World Tour tournament to be staged in this sprawling township and is sponsored by the City of Johannesburg.

Entrance is free and the qualifier for the event will be played on Saturday and Sunday.

Photo by Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images

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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

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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)

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It's been a sloooow weekend for Black Tennis Pro's. While there isn't anything to speak of on the ATP Tour, South African Raven Klaasen was working it out on the USTA Pro Circuit in the 10th Annual Ursula Beck Pro Tennis Classic in Decatur, Illinois.

Klaasen defeated Tigran Martirosyan of Armenia 7-5, 6-4 and made it to the doubles semifinals of the same event with teammate Ito Yuichi of Japan; they were defeated by Tigran Martirosyan and Korean Daniel Yoo 6-7(7), 1-6.

We haven't had the opportunity to see much of Klaasen, so here are a few shots of him from the tournament, which was covered by the Herald&Review of Central Illinois.

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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

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