On a Rolle

Without question the most exciting upset of the U.S. Open so far, American Ahsha Rolle picked apart Tatiana Golovin 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, and in so doing showed Golovin the one key ingredient missing from her game: fight.
If you're the 109th best football, baseball or basketball player in the world, your poster is probably hanging in more than a few bedrooms across the world and a few candles lit in your honor to boot. Tennis is a sterner forum. You can even be in the top 10 for years and still not be a household name, even if you are able to afford caviar morning, noon and night.
Who knows where Rolle's ranking may wind up? But it's as high as it's ever been at 109 and will only go up after this win.
Could she be fitter? Sure. Are there much tougher opponents out there than Golovin? Of course. But a win over someone as talented as Golovin bodes very well for Rolle, particularly in only her second appearance in the U.S. Open main draw and third appearance in any Grand Slam main draw.
No the brief snippets that they showed of her play on TV didn't bring the names of powerhouses like Venus or Monica to mind. And she doesn't have the raw talent of Serena to get away with not being in better shape through later rounds.
But I couldn't help wondering if Rolle might have as bright a future on the tour as another southern African American lady, one who also wasn't destined to be on poster after poster across the land but won a lot of tennis fans' admiration--Chanda Rubin.
Only time will tell.