Miscellany

Zina Garrison has settled her lawsuit with the USTA. Garrison filed a racial discrimination lawsuit earlier in the year, claiming that she was wrongly dismissed as U.S. Fed Cup captain. She also alleged that she was paid less than U.S. Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe, and was held to a higher standard than McEnroe. Details of the settlement have not been disclosed.

Larisa Preobrazhenskaya, Anna Kournikova's coach at the Spartak Tennis Club in Moscow, died this week at the age of 79. She was the most honored coach in Russian tennis history.

Don't miss WTA Backspin's "Players of the Decade" feature.

Vera Zvonareva was fined $1,500 for her use of profanity at the U.S. Open.

For the first time, when the USA plays Italy in the final, the official Fed Cup website will feature live streaming of matches (Thanks to On the Baseline for this news.)

Zina Garrison preparing to file suit against USTA

Now that settlement talks have failed, former U.S. Fed Cup captain Zina Garrison is preparing to file a racial discrimination suit against the USTA, which manages the Fed Cup team. Garrison claims that she was wrongly dismissed as captain. Garrison is seeking millions of dollars in back pay and damages.

The USTA is currently involved in a lawsuit filed by Marvin Dent, who alleges that the organization did not promote him to the position of Director of Tennis at the National Tennis Center because he of its bias toward the Caucasian person who received the promotion. Dent also alleges that there is a pattern of racial discrimination that has been practiced by the USTA. A few years ago, the attorney general of New York ordered the USTA to create a transparent process for chair umpire applications. This action was prompted by two suits filed against the organization by African American umpires.

The USTA denies all charges.

Zina Garrison named Olympics coach

U.S. Fed Cup captian Zina Garrison has been named the coach of the U.S. Olympic women's tennis team.