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Sloane Stephens Into Main Draw In Miami

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Black Tennis Pro's Sloane Stephens Qualified for 2011 Sony Ericsson Open Main DrawSloane Stephens at the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, Key Biscayne, Florida
(Photo courtesy of Tennis Panorama News)


In a second consecutive effort, American wild card Sloane Stephens has qualified for the main draw, defeating Australian’s Sophie Ferguson. Stephens prevailed in the first set tie-break, 7-6(4), and ran away with the second set 6-1.

Last week Sloane came through qualifying to enter the main draw of the BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, California, where she exited in the second round.


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Venus And Serena Begin AO Doubles Campaign In Winning Williams Style

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Black Tennis Pro's Venus and Serena Williams 2010 Australian Open Doubles
Rarely do Serena and Venus Williams step onto the court without an air of purpose about them.


And although Margaret Court Arena may not be as significant a stage as Melbourne Park’s centre court, the No.2 seeds were no less hungry to open their women's doubles title defence with a win in front of a packed house.

Sadly, their Australian opponents Jess Moore and Sophie Ferguson were poorly matched against a pairing with 10 Grand Slam doubles titles – not to mention a few in singles as well.

The only real threat to the Williams sisters was Serena’s serve, with two double faults responsible for one of the two games they dropped during the match.

The packed crowd tried their best to lift the locals, but ultimately were left clutching at straws as Moore and Ferguson succumbed 6-1 6-1.

Luckily, there are still a number of Australians left in the draw – not to mention many of the top women in the game.


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