Black Tennis Pros

World No. 60 and seventh-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was upset by wild card entrant Nicolas Kiefer of Germany, 6-3 6-4.

As I told you all a couple of days ago, once I acquired additional information on Turbo Tennis I would share it with you. Well it appears that Black Tennis Pro's has been fortunate to have Andrew Briggs himself stop by and properly inform us on this format. And while young, it's not quite as new as I originally thought. In a comment left yesterday, he stated:

"I am the chairman of Superset, which owns the intellectual property to this tennis format. Actually this is an evolution of an event that appeared in 2003 in Portland- the first Superset event. The second being at Wembley Arena in 2004, which featured, amonst others, John McEnroe against a very young Andy Murray. Shame that one passed you by. The Portland event featured James Blake, by the way. I hope you make it to this one, if not it is live on Channel 4 from 4.10pm."

Andrew Briggs Homepage 09.14.07 - 6:40 pm #

The Superset site is an exciting and informative one. Stop by when you get the opportunity, I guarantee that you will learn something new about tennis -- I did.

Serena Williams with a slight change up on yesterday's outfit by adding a trench coat and fashion icon Tommy Hilfiger.

Girrrrrl, you are workin' *snapping fingers* this look something fierce! Put that one in your "do this look again" part of your closet. You look absolutely sensational -- hair, makeup, jewelry, of course outfit, it's a lock!

At the BCR Open in Bucharest, Romania, Frenchman Gael Monfils defeated Martin Vassallo Arguello of Argentina 6-4, 6-4.

Monfils is now scheduledto play fellow countryman Marc Gicquel in the quarterfinals on Friday.

This is the first event of this kind, and I must admit, as one who attempts to be up on everything tennis, this one totally slipped by me. A United Kingdom online betting company, Betfair, is sponsoring "Betfair Turbo Tennis" on September 15, in The O2 Arena, London.

"A new sport is born. Forget strawberries and cream. Forget white clothing, deuce and net calls, Betfair Turbo Tennis has arrived and it's fast, edgy and urban. With some of the very best players in the world - Andy Murray, James Blake, Tim Henman, Goran Ivanisevic, Pat Cash and Jamie Murray - already signed up for the UK event, this new game is set to launch with a roar."

World No. 60 and seventh-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France advanced to the second round of the China Open in Beijing, China after his opponent Rohan Bopanna, a qualifier fom India, retired with a side strain. Tsonga was leading 6-3, 1-0 at the time.

Serena Williams at Bryant Park during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York on September 11. She is front row at the Zac Posen show.

Second-seeded Gael Monfils of France advanced to the second round of the BCR Open in Bucharest, Romania on Tuesday. Monfils beat Filippo Volandri of Italy 6-3, 7-6 (4).

World No. 48 Monfils' victory marked the second time in as many meetings that he upset Volandri, the world's 28th-ranked player.

The 21-year old Monfils was able to break Volandri five times for his 19th ATP-level win of the year.