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MEN'S SINGLES

Semifinal Round

Gael Monfils, FRA defeated by Ivo Karlovic, CRO
7-6(4), 7-6(4) freaky!


MEN'S DOUBLES

Quarterfinal Round

Jeff Coetzee, RSA and Jamie Murray, GBR
defeated
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, ESP and Fernando Verdaco, ESP
6-4, 4-6, 10/8


Semifinal Round

Jeff Coetzee, RSA and Jamie Murray, GBR
defeated
Marcelo Melo, BRA and Andre SA, BRA
6-4, 7-5


SINGLES

Round 2

Marcus Fugate, USA defeated Lester Cook, USA
6-2, 6-3

Phillip Simmonds, USA defeated by Michael Yani, USA
7-6(2), 6-4


Quarterfinal Round

Marcus Fugate, USA defeated by Greg Jones, AUS
2-6, 0-6


DOUBLES

Quarterfinal Round

Marcus Fugate, USA and Joel Kielbowicz, USA
defeated by
Nathaniel Schnugg, USA and Kaes Van't Hof, USA
7-6(3), 6-2

Phillip Simmonds, USA and Travis Rettenmaier, USA
defeated by
Strahinja Bobusic, AUS and Greg Jones, AUS
6-3, 7-6(5)


SINGLES

Round 2

Ellah Nze, USA defeated by Kristie Ahn, USA
3-6, 6-7(5)

DOUBLES

Quarterfinal Round

Tiya Rolle, USA and Nathalia Rossi, BRA
defeated by
Shikha Uberoi, Ind and Kim-Anh Nguyen, USA
5-7, 3-6

MEN'S SINGLES
Round 1

Donald Young, USA defeated by Gilles Simon, FRA
1-6, 4-6

Round 2

Gael Monfils, FRA defeated Julien Benneteau, FRA
3-6, 6-4, 6-2

Quarterfinal Round

Gael Monfils, FRA defeated Vincent Spadea, USA
7-6(4), 6-2


MEN'S DOUBLES
Round 1

Jeff Coetzee, RSA and Jamie Murray, GBR
defeated
Eric Butorac, USA and Bobby Reynolds, USA
7-6(6), 4-6, 10/8


SINGLES
Round 1

Marcus Fugate, USA defeated Daniel Danilovic, MNE
6-3, 6-2

Phillip Simmonds, USA defeated Luigi D'Agord, ITA
6-3, 6-2


DOUBLES
Round 1

Marcus Fugate, USA and Joel Kielbowicz, USA
defeated
Adam El Mihdawy, USA and Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya, USA
6-4, 4-6, 10/6

Phillip Simmonds, USA and Travis Rettenmaier, USA
defeated
Ricky Flach, USA and Hyung-Kwon Kim, KOR
6-4, 5-7, 10/8


SINGLES
Round 1

Ellah Nze, USA defeated Mami Inoue, USA
6-2, 6-1

DOUBLES
Round 1

Tiya Rolle, USA and Nathalia Rossi, BRA
defeated
Lauren Herring, USA and Whitney Jones, USA
1-6, 6-2, 10/5

SINGLES
Round 1

Gael Monfils, FRA vs. Chris Guccione, AUS


DOUBLES
Round 1

Gael Monfils, FRA and Gilles Simon, FRA
defeated by
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, ESP and Fernando Verdasco, ESP
2-6, 6-4, 10/4

Jeff Coetzee, RSA and Jamie Murray, GBR
vs.
Eric Butorac, USA and Bobby Reynolds, USA


SINGLES
Round 1

Alexis Gordon, USA defeated by Marina Erakovic
1-6, 1-6


SINGLES
Round 1

Marcus Fugate, USA vs. Daniel Danilovic, MNE

Phillip Simmonds, USA vs. Luigi D'Agord, ITA


DOUBLES
Round 1

Marcus Fugate, USA and Joel Kielbowicz, USA
vs.
Adam El Mihdawy, USA and Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya, USA

Phillip Simmonds, USA and Travis Rettenmaier, USA
vs.
Ricky Flach, USA and Hyung-Kwon Kim, KOR


SINGLES
Round 1

Ellah Nze, USA vs. Mami Inoue, USA


DOUBLES
Round 1

Tiya Rolle, USA and Nathalia Rossi, BRA
vs.
Lauren Herring, USA and Whitney Jones, USA

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

Round 1 - Singles

Tiya Rolle, USA vs. Nicole Gibbs, USA


Round 1 - Doubles

Tiya Rolle, USA and Shikha Uberoi, IND
vs.
Nancy Ferguson, AUS and Grace Leake, USA

Tiya Rolle stood patiently on one of the lower courts Wednesday afternoon, helping grade-school children from the Pike County Housing Authority learn how to strike a tennis ball.

Rolle knows what it's like to be a small child looking for a sport at which she could be competitive.

“I started playing when I was nine,” she said. “And I'm 21 now.”

Hers is an athletic family, with sister Asha leading the way. Asha has won the USTA Tennis Classic of Troy twice, and made it to the third round of the 2007 U.S. Open.

“There's no jealousy there,” proud mom Sharon Rolle said. “Tiya, I think, is more of the coordinator when they're together.”

Rolle agreed.

“We're different people. There's not any jealousy,” she said. “When she (Asha) wins, I feel her success, too. When she loses, it hurts me.”

Rolle bowed out in the qualifying rounds of the singles matches for the Troy tournament, but she and partner Margot Carter are in the quarterfinals of the doubles draw.

This is my first time playing with Margot,” Rolle said. “She saw that I was looking for a partner to play doubles, and we went out there and won.”

Right now, 21-year-old Rolle is working on a more rounded game.

“Tiya's trying to add diversity to her game, work on the transition to the net game to be a more complete player,” Sharon Rolle said.

Rolle sees playing on the professional tennis tour for about three more years. After that, she has plans outside tennis.“

I'm going to continue to do this while I study law online,” Rolle said.

It takes a lot to get two daughters onto the pro tour, Sharon Rolle said.

“It takes a lot of work,” she said. “For them, it's the physical work - getting out there and practicing and working out. But it takes a lot of support, too, whether that's helping them while their traveling or making sure they're eating right or getting the right coaching.”

Rolle and Carter play the winner of Maria-Fernanda Alves/Stephanie Dubois and Angela Haynes/Mashona Washington today.

Source - The Messenger (Bobby Matthews)