August 1, 2020
For the second consecutive season, it was the No. 4 seeded Empire defeating the top-seeded Philadelphia Freedoms in the semifinals 22-18 to advance to the WTT finals where they will face the winner of the Orlando Storm/Chicago Smash match. ...
READ MOREAugust 1, 2020
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. — As if she needed more confidence, Bethanie Mattek-Sands picked up the 2020 Female MVP award on Friday heading into the playoffs. The 35-year-old has posted the league’s highest winning percentages in women’s and mixed doubles (60 percent with Eugenie Bouchard and 56 percent with Rajeev Ram). Philadelphia Freedoms’ Taylor ...
READ MOREJuly 31, 2020
The playoffs are set and it’s all coming down to four teams on Saturday: No. 1 Philadelphia Freedoms, No. 2 Orlando Storm, No. 3 Chicago Smash and No. 4 New York Empire. Here’s a look at what you can expect on Saturday. ...
READ MOREJuly 30, 2020
With 63 matches over 19 days in the books for the 45th season of World TeamTennis it was only fitting to see the Philadelphia Freedoms and New York Empire close out the regular season in what many thought would be a playoff preview. Dating back to the end of last season the Empire has been ...
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WTT’s Nina Pantic goes riding with Orlando’s Tennys Sandgren and they try and cover as much ground as possible outside the Greenbrier. ...
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The Orlando Storm are certainly ready for the World TeamTennis playoffs. Thursday’s regular-season finale left no doubt about that. The Storm (10-4) cruised past the Washington Kastles, 25-15, to secure their seventh consecutive victory as well as the No. 2 seed in the WTT postseason. They will take on the No. 3 seed Chicago Smash in a semifinal Saturday. ...
READ MOREJuly 30, 2020
There will be a new champion in World TeamTennis for the first time in four years, with the two-time defending champion Springfield Lasers and 2004/2017 champion Orange County Breakers failing to advance to the playoffs this season. Both teams were already eliminated from playoff contention heading into the match, but players still had a great ...
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With postseason seeding still to be determined, the expansion Chicago Smash took to Center Court at Creekside at The Greenbrier on Thursday, looking to keep the pressure on Orlando in the chase for the No. 2 spot in the World TeamTennis playoffs. Playing host to the San Diego Aviators, the Smash sought to wrap the ...
READ MOREJuly 29, 2020
The Washington Kastles went into Wednesday’s match with the Vegas Rollers playing to stay alive for a World TeamTennis playoff berth. Vegas, having lost five straight and already eliminated from the postseason, was simply playing for pride in its final match of the season. Pride won. VEGAS ROLLERS vs WASHINGTON KASTLES MATCH STATS Vegas’ mixed ...
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The New York Empire edged closer to securing the fourth and final playoff spot of the 2020 World TeamTennis season, defeating the Orange County Breakers 21-19. Empire coach Luke Jensen pulled off a blockbuster acquisition right before the trade deadline on Sunday evening, scooping up grand-slam champions CoCo Vandeweghe and Nicole Melichar from the San ...
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