Professional Tennis
Looking to make a final playoff push ahead of last night’s World TeamTennis midnight trade deadline, the New York Empire acquired past Grand Slam doubles winners Coco Vandeweghe and Nicole Melichar from the San Diego Aviators, the league has announced. The 28-year-old Vandeweghe, winner of the US Open doubles title in 2018, and 26-year-old…
The New York Empire improved to 4-4 on the season as it narrowly beat the San Diego Aviators 20-19 in a supertiebreaker. The two teams flip-flopped the score throughout the match to enter Men’s Doubles 15-14 in favor of the Aviators. Facing a must-win game with the set at 4-3 in in favor of…
The Citi Open, scheduled for next month in Washington, D.C., was supposed to be the first event back for the ATP Tour but has now been canceled. It had been rumored for the last week that due to the coronavirus and international travel restrictions, the Citi Open had a long shot of being played….
The Orange County Breakers’ Jenn Brady took the court for the Women’s Singles set and for the second night in a row, dominated her way to a 5-0 set win in only 19 minutes over Sabine Lisicki of the New York Empire. The Breakers, down by one point at the start of the second…
Kim Clijsters comeback tour was put on hold as the coronavirus pandemic swept across the globe, but the Belgian Hall of Famer has returned to the court during this year’s World TeamTennis (WTT) season, and has been one of the league’s best players thus far. Clijsters’ excellent play was on display in the New…
It was a matchup between a multiple-time Grand Slam champion and International Tennis Hall of Famer, and the reigning Australian Open champion and one of tennis’ brightest young stars, as Kim Clijsters of the New York Empire took on the Philadelphia Freedoms’ Sofia Kenin on Wednesday afternoon. Clijsters got the better of the young…
The World TeamTennis season continued on Tuesday with three matches going down on Center Court at Creekside at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.V. Below are the full results from the three matches: Philadelphia Freedoms 24, Springfield Lasers 12 ►Mixed Doubles: Fabrice Martin/Taylor Townsend (Freedoms) def. Robert Lindstedt/Caty McNally (Lasers) 5-0 ►Women’s Doubles:…
The New York Empire began its 2020 WorldTeamTennis campaign as it took on six-time King Trophy winner Washington Kastles on Monday afternoon. The Kastles edged the Empire 21-20 in a thrilling season opener, as Marcelo Arevalo and Nick Monroe defeated Neal Skupski and Jack Sock 5-4 in the final flight to earn the victory….
The 45th season of World TeamTennis got underway on Sunday with three matches at the Greenbrier Resort in Sulphur Springs, W.V. In the opening match, the San Diego Aviators defeated the Orange County Breakers 23-16. San Diego Aviators 23, Orange County Breakers 16 Men’s Singles: Ryan Harrison (Aviators) d. Steve Johnson (Breakers) 5-4 Women’s…
The 45th season of World TeamTennis begins this weekend, and both the league and its players are ready to return to the courts and participate in what will certainly be a unique season. “We worked extremely hard to try and find the right place to bring all nine of our teams to a safe…