Black Tennis Pros

I set aside my very valuable time to watch Bryant Gumbel interview Venus Williams on Real Sports, a show that I typically do not watch. At this moment I am seriously considering placing a monetary value on that time and billing it to Bryant Gumbel. What a crock!

We learned nothing new, we saw nothing new and Bryant Gumbel must consider his viewers new fools if he thinks that interview passed for anything other than a ratings gimmick to bring those that support Venus Williams to Real Sports.

I am royally pissed!

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Final Round - Doubles

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA and Abigail Spears, USA
defeated by
Madison Brengle, USA and Kristy Frilling, USA
2-6, 6-4, 10/7

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Since age 14, Venus Williams has been one of professional tennis' most exciting, successful and enigmatic stars. Her on-court resume includes six Grand Slam singles titles, six Grand Slam doubles titles, and two Olympic gold medals - but that's only part of her story. Off the court, Williams is the CEO of her own interior design company, a fashion designer with her own signature line and a recent graduate of the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, all of which she's accomplished while remaining one of the top-ranked players in the world.

REAL SPORTS host Bryant Gumbel sits down with the usually private reigning Wimbledon champion to discuss her successes on and off the court, her love life and her fight for equal prize money in women's tennis.

Source

Video - AOL

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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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