| SPRINGFIELD DEFEATS SAN DIEGO TO ADVANCE TO WTT FINALS The Springfield Lasers will make their sixth trip to the WTT Finals presented by GEICO after closing out the regular season with a 25-18 win over the San Diego Aviators on Thursday evening. Springfield won six of their final seven matches to advance to Sunday’s championship tilt against the top-seeded Philadelphia Freedoms at 2:00pm ET at the Daskalakis Athletic Center on the campus of Drexel University in Philadelphia. The match coverage begins at 2:00pm ET on ESPN3, with ESPN2 joining the live action at 3:00pm ET.
WTT FINALS PRESENTED BY GEICO Philadelphia Freedoms (#1) vs. Springfield Lasers (#2) Sunday, August 5 – 2pm ET Daskalakis Athletic Center on the campus of Drexel University in Philadelphia 3301 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
World TeamTennis presented by GEICO – Results for Thursday, 8/2 (Home teams in capital letters)
FINAL RESULTS – All matches complete:
Springfield Lasers def. SAN DIEGO AVIATORS 25-18 (EP) Men’s Doubles – Marcelo Demoliner\Miomir Kecmanovic (Lasers) def. Marcus Willis\Marcin Matkowski (Aviators) 5-4 Women’s Singles – Vania King (Lasers) def. Naomi Broady (Aviators) 5-2 Men’s Singles – Miomir Kecmanovic (Lasers) def. Marcus Willis (Aviators) 5-3 Women’s Doubles – Abigail Spears \Vania King (Lasers) def. Naomi Broady\Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Aviators) 5-4 Mixed Doubles – Marcin Matkowski\Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Aviators) def. Marcelo Demoliner\Abigail Spears (Lasers) 5-4 Extended Play – Mixed Doubles – Marcelo Demoliner\Abigail Spears (Lasers) def. Marcin Matkowski\Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Aviators) 1-0
ORANGE COUNTY BREAKERS def. Washington Kastles 23-17 Men’s Singles – Tennys Sandgren (Kastles) def. Darian King (Breakers) 5-3 Men’s Doubles – Darian King\Daniel Nestor (Breakers) def. Tennys Sandgren\Robert Lindstedt (Kastles) 5-4 Women’s Singles – Yanina Wickmayer (Breakers) def. Madison Brengle (Kastles) 5-3 Women’s Doubles – Yanina Wickmayer\Jacqueline Cako (Breakers) def. Madison Brengle\Nicole Melichar (Kastles) 5-2 Mixed Doubles – Daniel Nestor\Jacqueline Cako (Breakers) def. Robert Lindstedt\Nicole Melichar (Kastles) 5-3
NEW YORK EMPIRE def. Philadelphia Freedoms 19-15 Mixed Doubles – Raquel Atawo\Kevin King (Freedoms) def. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez\Neal Skupski (Empire) 5-3 Women’s Doubles – Francoise Abanda\Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Empire) def. Raquel Atawo\Taylor Townsend (Freedoms) 5-1 Men’s Doubles – Dennis Novikov\Neal Skupski (Empire) def. Kevin King\Fabrice Martin (Freedoms) 5-0 Women’s Singles – Taylor Townsend (Freedoms) def. Francoise Abanda (Empire) 5-1 Men’s Singles – Dennis Novikov (Empire) def. Kevin King (Freedoms) 5-4
Standings
x = #1 seed in the WTT Finals y = #2 seed in the WTT Finals |
