Twelve Black women will be competing in the women's singles tournament at this year's U.S. Open, a new record.
NEW YORK – Seven years before she was the youngest player at the 2020 U.S. Open – and a part of tennis history - Robin Montgomery entered an essay contest. The topic was what you would do if you could follow Arthur Ashe’s path and give back to the sport.
Montgomery turns 16 Saturday. She was the youngest player in the 128-person U.S. Open draw, a precocious left-hander with a big serve and forehand, and a deft net game, too. She didn’t escape the first round, but the larger story was not two dropped sets, but the dozen Black women who comprised 37.5 percent of the full contingent of U.S. female singles here - a record number in an event that dates to 1881.
“People see themselves and imagine themselves doing the same thing,” Blackman told USA TODAY Sports. “When we’re talking about all the great African-American women who are coming into the game, everything starts with Venus and Serena Williams. The power of what they accomplished at such a young age, doing it with very little financial means, with their parents, Richard and Oracene, giving them what they needed to be champions, is just incredible.
Apart from the Williams sisters, Stephens and Montgomery, Black American women who are competing in singles here include Madison Keys, Sachia Vickery, Taylor Townsend and Asia Muhammad. Along with Coco Gauff, the 16-year-old who made a third-round run here a year ago and beat defending champion Naomi Osaka in Australia in January, the young guard of color at the Open includes Whitney Osuigwe and Hailey Baptiste, who are both 18, and 16-year-old Katrina Scott.
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