Ahsha Rolle Comes Through Rogers Cup Qualifiers
American Ahsha Rolle has not beeen having a lot of match success as of late, but be damned if she hasn't been putting in the effort.
Along with eleven others on Saturday, Ahsha was added to the Rogers Cup main draw.
Come on Ahsha, you've got the goods girl, make it happen in Montreal!!
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Serena Williams Chats With Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh
While in Las Vegas, Serena Williams hung out at the Zappos Headquarters with CEO Tony Hsieh. In answering some questions from Zappos Twitter readers, Serena talks Wii Sports Tennis, music, being a role model and more.
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Beijing Olympics: Tennis Team USA
Posted by Shelia at 3:01 AM Labels: Beijing Olympics, James Blake, MSNBC, Serena Williams, Venus Williams Email this post
Weekend Racquet Wrap
DOUBLES
Final Round
Ellah Nze, USA and Rebecca Marino, CAN WINNERS!!
defeated
Courtney B. Dolehide, USA and Kirsten Flower, USA
7-5, 6-3
Posted by Shelia at 12:22 AM Labels: Ellah Nze, Fifth Third Classic of Evansville, ITF Pro Circuits Email this post
2009 Black Web Awards: I've Been Nominated!!
Saturday, July 26, 2008
What a fantabulous surprise!
So I hike over to the 2009 Black Web Awards to vote for SjP of Sojourner's Place (she's been nominated for Best Online Commentator), and what do I find? Black Tennis Pro's has been nominated for Best Site for Black Athletes!
I don't know who found such favor in this site, but thank you very much, I appreciate the honor.
Black Tennis Pro's can be voted for here.
For those of you not familiar with the Black Web Awards, here is a snippet of their purpose:
"Launched in the Spring of 2006, the Black Web Awards began as an effort to highlight the myriad of original, positive websites with content from the Black perspective. Hosted exclusively at BlackWebAwards.com, the BlackWebAwards endeavored to produce an original event where the internet public both nominated and later vote for their favorite websites in one of just under one hundred categories ranging from religion and politics to entertainment and culture."Read the rest of this post...........
Posted by Shelia at 9:36 PM Labels: Best Site For Black Athletes, Black Web Awards, Sojourner's Place Email this post
Kiefer Knocks Blake Out Of Rogers Masters
Since I can't even begin to describe what happened to American James Blake in his defeat by German Nicolas Kiefer, here are the quarterfinal highlights.
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Venus Williams Withdraws From Rogers Cup
MONTREAL — Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has withdrawn from next week's Rogers Cup women's tennis tournament with a knee injury.
Tournament director Eugene Lapierre said Friday Williams did not want to risk aggravating the tendinitis in her knee ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
She was the lone late withdrawal from the tier-1 event before the draw on Friday.
This year's tournament boasts seven of the world's top-10 players.
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