PHILADELPHIA, PA – Home Openers have not been kind to the Philadelphia Freedoms the past couple of seasons. On Monday night before an enthusiastic crowd at Hagan Arena on the campus of St. Joseph’s University the Freedoms broke open a close match to pull away for the 25-11 win. “Tonight was great,” said Freedoms coach […]
Month: July 2019
Orlando Storm Move To 2-0 After Knocking Out Orange County Breakers
The Orlando Storm topped the Orange County Breakers by a score of 22-19 on Monday night to improve to 2-0 in their inaugural campaign.
“I’m happy with how we’ve started both matches,” said Orlando head coach Scott Lipsky, “Our doubles play has been strong, we have a lot of really good players. Whitney played great in singles and Feliciano did a nice job of closing things out again.” […]
Springfield Lasers Begin Defense of King Trophy With Hard-Fought Win Over Philadelphia Freedoms
The 2019 World TeamTennis began the same way the 2018 season ended — with Miomir Kecmanović winning a thrilling men’s singles match to give the Springfield Lasers a win against the Philadelphia Freedoms. […]
Orlando Storm Outlasts Vegas Rollers In Thrilling World TeamTennis Debut
The two new franchises of World TeamTennis took their inaugural match down to the wire in an electric battle for the ages that saw the Orlando Storm defeat the Vegas Rollers by a score of 21-20. […]
San Diego Wins Four of Five Sets At New York For First Win Of 2019
The key to victory for the San Diego Aviators in Sunday’s World TeamTennis season opener?
Family ties.
Franchise player Ryan Harrison clinched the win with a victory in the final event of the night, while his sister-in-law Christina McHale won both of the sets she played to lead visiting San Diego to a 23-11 win over the New York Empire in the first official match of the 2019 World TeamTennis season. […]
Orange County Breakers Ready For A Return To World TeamTennis Glory
A diverse group of players will compete this season for the Orange Country Breakers, who are looking for add another World TeamTennis trophy to go along with the 2017’s championship hardware. This year’s team features homegrown talent Steve Johnson participating in three WTT matches while Victoria Azarenka and Genie Bouchard will each play a single match. […]
New Home, New Coach, New Attitude, Same Goal For New York Empire: Win The King Trophy
With a new home court and a new head coach, the learning curve for New York Empire in 2019 in World TeamTennis had the potential to be steep.
With five of seven players on the roster familiar to the Empire, however, a union of something old and something new might be the perfect formula for a run at the King Trophy. […]
New Orlando Franchise Is Ready To Take World TeamTennis By Storm
The City Beautiful is one of the fastest growing cities in the nation, so it is only fitting that Orlando was chosen as one of two cities to launch an expansion franchise as part of the 44th season of World TeamTennis. […]
Springfield Lasers Focused On Defending World TeamTennis Title
Paul Nahon knew just who to call when, at the last minute, he needed one more men’s player for the World TeamTennis season.
The Springfield Lasers general manager picked up the phone and called former Lasers doubles specialist Jean-Julien Rojer. He’ll replace Joe Salisbury, who has withdrawn from the team after suffering an injury at Wimbledon. […]
San Diego Aviators Look To Bounce Back Strong In 2019
After finishing in fourth place last year with a 7-7 record and falling short of the World TeamTennis Finals for the first time in three years, the San Diego Aviators are looking to make a strong rebound in 2019. […]