As expected, a match with serious playoff implications played out like a heavyweight fight with the Orlando Storm and New York Empire exchanging haymakers throughout. The two teams entered seeded third (Orlando) and fourth (New York), respectfully, with the WTT regular season concluding on Thursday. The match was intense and close throughout, featuring four…
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…
I wish someone had given me a simple idea about how I should be playing points earlier in my tennis career. I think I basically hit the ball and waited to see what would happen. This sounds crazy to me now, but I think a lot of players still play like this. Here is…
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…
Volleying is a lost art. There are a handful of players on the ATP and WTA tours that are extremely good at it. The majority of players tend to rely on their hands and the movement of the racquet when they volley. Even though the game has gotten faster, your step should be part…
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 York Empire’s…
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: Caroline Dolehide/Townsend…