World TeamTennis - Results for Saturday, 7/28

World TeamTennis presented by GEICO – Results for Saturday, 7/28

(Home teams in capital letters)

FINAL RESULTS – All matches complete:

PHILADELPHIA FREEDOMS EARN TOP SEED IN 2018 WTT FINALS

July 28, 2018 – The Philadelphia Freedoms are headed to the World TeamTennis Finals for the first time since 2006. With their 23-19 victory over the Washington Kastles on Saturday evening in Washington DC, the Freedoms clinched the top seed and will host the WTT Finals on Sunday, August 5 at 2:00pm ET.

Taylor Townsend continued her dominance, remaining undefeated in women’s singles with nine set wins in nine tries. Townsend held off a strong challenge from Naomi Osaka, 5-4, as the current world No. 17 made her WTT debut. Townsend and Raquel Atawo dominated women’s doubles, 5-2, over Nicole Melichar and Madison Brengle. Townsend then teamed with Fabrice Martin in mixed doubles to close out the win in Extended Play and give the Freedoms the opportunity for their third WTT championship. Philadelphia won the WTT title in 2001 and 2006. As the top seed, Philadelphia will host the championship match in their home market and also set the order of play for the Finals.

It will be a sprint to the regular season finish on August 2 as Washington, San Diego, Springfield and Orange County remain in contention for the second spot in the Finals. Look for updates on the 2018 WTT Finals on philadelphiafreedoms.com and WTT.com. Watch every regular season match live on WTT.tv.

SAN DIEGO AVIATORS def. Orange County Breakers 23-18

Men’s Doubles – Marcin Matkowski\Marcus Willis (Aviators) def. Marcelo Demoliner\Darian King (Breakers) 5-4

Women’s Singles – Yanina Wickmayer (Breakers) def. Naomi Broady (Aviators) 5-4

Mixed Doubles – Anna-Lena Groenefeld\Marcin Matkowski (Aviators) def. Andreja Klepac\Marcelo Demoliner (Breakers) 5-2

Women’s Doubles – Andreja Klepac\Yanina Wickmayer (Breakers) def. Anna-Lena Groenefeld\Naomi Broady (Aviators) 5-4

Men’s Singles – Marcus Willis (Aviators) def. Darian King (Breakers) 5-2

Philadelphia Freedoms def. WASHINGTON KASTLES 23-19 (EP)

Men’s Singles – Tennys Sandgren (Kastles) def. Kevin King (Freedoms) 5-3

Women’s Singles – Taylor Townsend (Freedoms) def. Naomi Osaka (Kastles) 5-4

Men’s Doubles – Fabrice Martin\Kevin King (Freedoms) def. Robert Lindstedt\Tennys Sandgren (Kastles) 5-3

Women’s Doubles – Taylor Townsend\Raquel Atawo (Freedoms) def. Nicole Melichar\Madison Brengle (Kastles) 5-2

Mixed Doubles – Robert Lindstedt\Nicole Melichar (Kastles) def. Fabrice Martin\Taylor Townsend (Freedoms) 5-4

Extended Play – Mixed Doubles – Fabrice Martin\Taylor Townsend (Freedoms) def. Robert Lindstedt\Nicole Melichar (Kastles) 1-0

SPRINGFIELD LASERS def. New York Empire 21-20 (7-4 STB)

Men’s Singles – Miomir Kecmanovic (Lasers) def. Dennis Novikov (Empire) 5-2

Mixed Doubles – Neal Skupski\Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Empire) def. Daniel Nestor\Abigail Spears (Lasers) 5-4

Men’s Doubles – Neal Skupski\Dennis Novikov (Empire) def. Miomir Kecmanovic\Daniel Nestor (Lasers) 5-2

Women’s Doubles – Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez\Tatjana Maria (Empire) def. Vania King\Abigail Spears (Lasers) 5-3

Women’s Singles – Vania King (Lasers) def. Tatjana Maria (Empire) 5-3

Extended Play – Women’s Singles – Vania King (Lasers) def. Tatjana Maria (Empire) 1-0

Supertiebreaker – Women’s Singles – Vania King (Lasers) def. Tatjana Maria (Empire) 1-0 (7-4)

Standings

	MP	W	L	PCT	MB	STRK
x – Philadelphia Freedoms	11	10	1	0.909	0.0	W7
San Diego Aviators	10	6	4	0.600	3.5	W1
Washington Kastles	11	6	5	0.545	4.0	L3
Springfield Lasers	10	5	5	0.500	4.5	W3
Orange County Breakers	10	4	6	0.400	5.5	L1
New York Empire	10	0	10	0.000	9.5	L10