<p>ok i was watching wimbledon and i got thinking. how come there are NO black male tennis players? (and with the exception of the williams's sister- no female black tennis players?)
i found this odd considering that there are several black athletes in almost every sport.</p>
<p>(my knowledge of tennis is not that great, so i might be wrong... but no black tennis player comes to mind when i think of it..)</p>
<p>anyone knows why?</p>
<p>because tennis is generally a rich white boy sport. also, there aren't really tennis courts in the inner city, but bball courts, yes.</p>
<p>I bet they'd be really good if they did play</p>
<p>You have to have money to play tennis. You can't just pick up a game anywhere. Most inner-city kids can't just get lessons or go to tennis academies like that.</p>
<p>Hey I'm not a tennis fan either, but who's that Asian girl who plays really well and is only like 15 years old ??</p>
<p>By the way, is that "anyone knows why" grammatically correct? I"ve always heard it as "anyone know"</p>
<p>And never mind, it's Michelle Wie *who's the golfer</p>
<p>you mean the golfer?</p>
<p>"Anyone knows that this is how it's said."</p>
<p>"Does anyone know about this?"</p>
<p>yeah the golfer sorry :p</p>
<p>Males:
There is James Blake, who actually did grow up in the 'inner city', but he lost early on in the Wimbledon due to previous injuries taking time away from practice and his dad dying.</p>
<p>Donald Young is one of the top juniors in the world and within 3 years should start to gain notice. </p>
<p>Malivai Washington is a commentator now, but he was good.</p>
<p>Yannick Noah is a frenchman and he retired a while ago.</p>
<p>Younes El Aynaoui had injuries and I'm not sure if he retired or not.</p>
<p>Females:
Williams sisters obviously.</p>
<p>Chanda Rubin.</p>
<p>Alexandra Stevenson.</p>
<p>There are a couple of decent blacks in the pipeline, but nothing on Roddick's level. Why does there have to be black males in a sport for certain people to accept it. Save for football, basketball, and certain track and field events, whites dominate every sport out there. 90% of the medals won at the Olympics are won by white athletes.</p>
<p>Google on the name "Arthur Ashe" and then get back to us.</p>
<p>(And try "Althea Gibson" while you are at it.)</p>
<p>"90% of the medals won at the Olympics are won by white athletes."
yeah, there aren't that many black trampoline gymnasts, ping pong players, high-divers, swimmers, etc.</p>
<p>I haven't seen one black male gymnast. That would just be plain funny.</p>
<p>thanks for mentioning arthur ashe and althea gibson, i hadnt heard of them...</p>
<p>but its still weird that blacks- who excel at athletics should be SO unrepresented in tennis. ever seen the starting line up a the olympics 100 meter dash?
btw... im neither black nor white, im brown. :P</p>
<p>^yeah, there was a chinese sprinter during the olympics, right?</p>
<p>the men's 110 hurdles gold medalist was Xiang Liu of China</p>
<p>Monfils of France is a good upcoming player, he was junior wimbledon champion last year and won through a couple of rounds this year.</p>
<p>Poison Ivy:</p>
<p>England has a black male gymnast, he won 2 golds at the Commonwealth Games in 2002</p>
<p>whatever. that's what I mean.</p>
<p>Yup, there are good upcoming players, but no one really standout now. Donald Young is 15 years old and very hyped. James Blake is the best Black tennis player out there, but after a horrible injury and illness, he hasn't been the same. But he's a good guy and believes in himself. Arthur Ashe is a legend. The US Open takes place in Arthur Ashe stadium. There would be more Black male tennis players if more Black males were interested in tennis. It's not cool enough for them, I guess.</p>
<p>no wonder I'd stopped posting on this site</p>
<p>since when did ALL black people live in the inner city...???...I'm not going to tire my fingers so I'll just leave...</p>
<p><em>sigh</em></p>
<p>Yeah seriously lol. Some people were saying it like it was perfectly fine to say 'Well there are no tennis courts in the ghetto, where all those colored folk hang out.' Give me a break. ;)</p>