Black Tennis Pros

Quarterfinal Round - Singles

James Blake, USA defeated by Stanislas Wawrinka, SUI
7-6(5), 6-7(5) 1-6



Quarterfinal Round - Singles

Serena Williams, USA defeated by Dinara Safina
2-6, 6-1, 7-6(5)





Round 2 - Singles

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA defeated by Yanina Wickmayer, BEL
6-2, 6-2


Semifinal Round - Doubles

Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears
defeated
Tetiana Luzhanska, UKR and Romana Tedjakusuma, INA
6-3, 1-6, 10/5





Semifinal Round

Scoville Jenkins, USA defeated by Ivan Miranda, PER
6-2, 3-6, 6-3




Semifinal Round - Singles

Marcus Fugate, USA defeated by Clinton Thomson, AUS
6-1, 7-6(4)

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Round 2 - Singles

James Blake, USA defeated Andreas Seppi, ITA
7-6(5), 3-6, 6-1


Round 3 - Singles

James Blake, USA defeated Fernando Verdasco ESP
5-7, 7-5, 6-2


Round 2 - Doubles

Jeff Coetzee, RSA and Wesley Moodie, RSA
defeated by
Jonas Bjorkman, SWE and Kevin Ullyett, ZIM
6-4, 6-2

James Blake, USA and Mardy Fish, USA
defeated by
Daniel Nestor, CAN and Nenad Zimonjic, SRV
2-6, 7-5, 11/9



Round - 3 Singles

Serena Williams, USA defeated Agnieszka Radwanska, POL
6-3, 6-1



Round 1 - Singles

Mashona Washington, USA defeated by Petra Rampre, SLO
6-1, 6-0

Alexandra Stevenson, USA defeated Abigail Spears, USA
3-6, 6-1, 6-1

Ahsha Rolle, USA defeated by Gabriela Paz, USA
7-5, 6-7(1), 5-1 Retired

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA defeated Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, NED
6-2, 6-0


Round 2 - Singles

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA defeated Maria-Fernanda Alves, BRA
6-1, 6-1

Alexandra Stevenson, USA defeated by Christina McHale, USA
2-6, 6-3, 6-4


Round 1 - Doubles

Shenay Perry, USA and Christina Fusano, USA
defeated by
Jamie Hampton, USA and Melanie Oudin, USA
6-4, 7-6(5)


Quarterfinal Round - Doubles

Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears
defeated
Alexandra Mueller, USA and Allie Will, USA
6-2, 6-1




Round 2 - Singles

(WC) Donald Young, USA defeated by Scoville Jenkins, USA
7-6(4), 6-4


Quarterfinal Round

Scoville Jenkins, USA defeated Tim Smyczek, USA
6-3, 4-6, 6-4



Round 1 - Singles

Timothy Neilly, BAH defeated by Dennis Zivkovic, USA
7-6(3), 6-2

Round 2 - Singles

Marcus Fugate, USA defeated Lewis Haydn, BAR
6-2, 6-4


Quarterfinald Round - Singles

Marcus Fugate, USA defeated Jose Statham, NZL
6-2, 7-6(5)


Quarterfinal Round - Doubles

Jarmere Jenkins, USA and Chase Buchanan, USA
defeated by
Jose Statham, NZL and Clinton Thomson, AUS
2-6, 6-4, 10/6

Marcus Fugate, USA and Bjorn Munroe, BAH
defeated by
Stephen Bass, USA and Todd Paul, USA
6-7(8), 7-6(2), 10/5

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On Wednesday, May 14, Black Tennis Pro's will premiere a new weekly segment, the "Wednesday Coaches Corner."

The primary goal of this segment will be to introduce professional Black tennis coaches and explore their roles in and out of tennis, obtain their perspectives on the state of the game as it relates to professional Black tennis players and discuss what needs to be done to bring more Black players into the game.

The first coach to stand in the corner will be Morris King Jr. King is the professional tennis coach that Richard Williams hand-picked in 1997 to assist him with the rise of his now champion daughters, Venus and Serena, to the top 10 in the pro rankings.

In a two part interview, King will share who he is personally and professionally, and give us a glimpse inside the world of a professional Black tennis coach.

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Round 1 - Singles

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA defeated by Gilles Simon, FRA
6-2, 4-6, 7-6(6)


Round 1 - Doubles

James Blake, USA and Mardy Fish, USA
defeated
Marcelo Melo, BRA and Andre Sa, BRA
7-6(3), 2-6, 10/7



Round - 2 Singles

Serena Williams, USA defeated Francesca Schiavone
6-2, 6-3

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Ana Ivanovic

Dinara Safina

Elena Dementieva

Jelena Jankovic

Photos: Patrick Becher
Full Gallery

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Round 1 - Singles

James Blake, USA vs. BYE

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA vs. Gilles Simon, FRA


Round 1 - Doubles

Jeff Coetzee, RSA and Wesley Moodie, RSA
vs.
Jose Acasuso, ARG and Fernando Gonzalez, CHI

James Blake, USA and Mardy Fish, USA
vs.
Marcelo Melo, BRA and Andre Sa, BRA


Qualifying Singles

Gael Monfils eliminated by Olivier Patience
6-3, 1-0 Retired

Berlin Germany, May 5-13, 2008

Round - 1 Singles

Serena Williams, USA vs. BYE

Milagros Sequera, VEN defeated by Agnes Szavay, HUN
6-2, 3-0 Retired

Indian Harbour Beach, Florida

Round 1 - Singles

Mashona Washington, USA vs. Qualifier/Lucky Loser

Alexandra Stevenson, USA vs. Abigail Spears, USA

Ahsha Rolle, USA vs. Qualifier/Lucky Loser

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA vs. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, NED


Round 1 - Doubles

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA and Abigail Spears, USA
vs.
Mary Gambale, USA and Petra Rampre, SLO

Shenay Perry, USA and Christina Fusano, USA
vs.
Jamie Hampton, USA and Melanie Oudin, USA

Tunica Resorts, Mississippi

Round 1 - Singles

(WC) Donald Young, USA vs. (Q) Cecil Mamiit, PHI

Scoville Jenkins, USA and Conor Niland, IRL


Qualifying Rounds

Phillip Simmonds, USA eliminated by Tim Smyczek, USA
6-3, 6-3

Orange Park, Florida

Round 1 - Singles

(WC) Jarmere Jenkins, USA vs. Clinton Thomson, AUS

Marcus Fugate, USA vs. Ty D Trombetta, USA

Timothy Neilly, BAH vs. Dennis Zivkovic, USA


Round 1 - Doubles

Timothy Neilly, BAH and Sergio Rojas, PER
vs.
Jose Statham, NZL and Clinton Thomson, AUS

Jarmere Jenkins, USA and Chase Buchanan, USA
vs.
Andreas Siljestrom, SWE and Lance Vodicka, USA

Marcus Fugate, USA and Bjorn Munroe, BAH
vs.
Mark Arrowsmith, USA and Louis Ballantyne, GBR

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An unseeded qualifier slipped by me at the Boyd Tinsley Tennis Championship last week. Alexis Gordon, a former Florida Gator, not only qualified and entered the main singles draw, but took out world no. #116 Russian Olga Puchkova and won the tournament!

After the tournament, Fox affiliate WCAV.TV spoke with both Alexis Gordon and the tournament's sponsor, Boyd Tinsley.

"I would definitely say this is the greatest moment. I mean, just to be out here and to be in the finals, I mean just making it today."

"I woke up this morning, I was just like wow, I am in the finals, I get another opportunity to go out there and play in front of everybody. It felt good."

Boyd Tinsley said "she came in here as a qualifier, and she got into the draw and today she is a champion, you know what I mean? I think that is one of the stories that you are so proud to have in a tournament like this, you know. Somebody who makes it and just rises to a champion."

"You never know who is going to be on top at the end of the tournament."

I have not seen the announcement thus far of which doubles team won. Raquel Kop-Jones is on one of those teams.




Vero Beach, Florida

Marcus Fugate of Rochester, N.Y., and Lance Vodicka of St. Louis teamed to win the doubles competition, 6-3, 6-4. It was Fugate's second-straight Grand Harbor doubles final and each of their first doubles titles on the USTA Pro Circuit.

The doubles winners split $800 and the doubles runners-up split $500.

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