Paes, Devvarman, And Duval Are Top Picks in World Team Tennis Draft

Written by: Bob Larson Tennis on 12th March 2014

Paes, Devvarman, And Duval Are Top Picks in World Team Tennis Draft

epa03084278 Leander Paes of India celebrates a point in his mixed doubles final match with Elena Vesnina of Russia against Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States of America and Horia Tecau of Romania during day fourteen of the 2012 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 29, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. Tecau/Mattek-Sands won the match. EPA/MARK KOLBE POOL |

India’s top-ranked singles player Somdev Devvarman will make his Mylan World TeamTennis debut this July for the San Diego Aviators after being selected as the first overall pick in today’s 2014 Mylan WTT Roster Draft at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California.

Devvarman, a two-time former NCAA singles champion at the University of Virginia, topped the list in one of the deepest drafts in recent years. The 29-year-old has been ranked as high as No. 62 in singles and has main draw wins at all four majors. Devvarman joins fellow Aviators Raven Klaasen, Kveta Peschke and marquee players Daniela Hantuchova and the Bryan Brothers.

Rising U.S. star Vicky Duval was the second overall pick in the Draft, returning to the Philadelphia Freedoms team owned by league co-founder Billie Jean King.

Among the additional first-round draft highlights included the Austin Aces picking former world No. 2 Vera Zvonareva, who is on the comeback trail after missing the entire 2013 WTA season with a right-shoulder injury. Zvonareva, who holds four Grand Slam titles in doubles and mixed doubles and reached two major singles finals, returns to Mylan WTT for the first time in 11 years.

The Mylan WTT regular season starts on Sunday, July 6 and runs through Wednesday, July 23. The top two teams from each conference advance to the Mylan WTT Conference Championships on Thursday, July 24. The Eastern and Western Conference champions will face off at the Mylan WTT Finals on Sunday, July 27, on the home court of the Western Conference champion.

MYLAN WTT – 2014 FULL TEAM ROSTERS:

Austin Aces: Andy Roddick, Marion Bartoli, Vera Zvonareva, Eva Hrdinova, Treat Huey. Coach: John Lloyd.

Boston Lobsters: John Isner, Sharon Fichman, Eric Butorac, Megan Moulton-Levy, Rik de Voest. Coach: Bob Greene.

Philadelphia Freedoms: Victoria Azarenka, Vicky Duval, Liezel Huber, Marcelo Melo, Frank Dancevic. Coach: Josh Cohen.

San Diego Aviators: Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan, Daniela Hantuchova, Somdev Devvarman, Raven Klaasen, Kveta Peschke. Coach: David Macpherson.

Springfield Lasers: James Blake, Alisa Kleybanova, Jean-Julien Rojer, Mike Russell, Anna-Lena Groenefeld. Coach: John-Lafnie “JL” de Jagger.

Texas Wild: Anabel Medina Garrigues, Aisam Qureshi, Alex Bogomolov Jr., Darija Jurak. Coach: Brent Haygarth

Washington Kastles: Venus Williams, Martina Hingis, Leander Paes, Bobby Reynolds, Anastasia Rodionova. Coach: Murphy Jensen.

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March 12, 2014 at 8:03 am

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