TEAM TENNIS NEWS – KIRSTEN “FLIP” FLIPKENS WINS ALL HER MATCHES AND COACHES THE N.Y. EMPIRES TOO

Written by: Staff on 30th July 2017

TEAM TENNIS NEWS - KIRSTEN "FLIP" FLIPKENS WINS ALL HER MATCHES AND COACHES THE N.Y. EMPIRES TOO |

Good win tonight here in NY! Proud to be part of this great team! Was a player and the coach tonight. Was big fun! @nyempiretennis #team #wtt #nyempire – Photo by @kirstenflipkens via Instagram.

Mylan World TeamTennis presented by GEICO – Results for Sunday, 7/30

(Home teams in capital letters)

FINAL RESULTS – All matches complete:

Philadelphia Freedoms def. SPRINGFIELD LASERS 21-20

Men’s Singles – Benjamin Becker (Lasers) def. Darian King (Freedoms) 5-2

Mixed Doubles – Taylor Townsend\Fabrice Martin (Freedoms) def. Anna-Lena Groenefeld\Benjamin Becker (Lasers) 5-2

Men’s Doubles – Darian King\Fabrice Martin (Freedoms) def. Benjamin Becker\Nicolaas Scholtz (Lasers) 5-4

Women’s Doubles – Sorana Cirstea\Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Lasers) def. Kveta Peschke\Taylor Townsend (Freedoms) 5-4

Women’s Singles – Taylor Townsend (Freedoms) def. Sorana Cirstea (Lasers) 5-4

NEW YORK EMPIRE def. Washington Kastles 25-18

Men’s Doubles – Neal Skupski\Marcus Willis (Empire) def. Sam Groth\Bruno Soares (Kastles) 5-4

Women’s Doubles – Kirsten Flipkens\Maria Sanchez (Empire) def. Madison Brengle\Anastasia Rodionova (Kastles) 5-3

Mixed Doubles – Kirsten Flipkens\Neal Skupski (Empire) def. Anastasia Rodionova\Bruno Soares (Kastles) 5-4

Women’s Singles – Kirsten Flipkens (Empire) def. Madison Brengle (Kastles) 5-3

Men’s Singles – Marcus Willis (Empire) def. Sam Groth (Kastles) 5-4

Standings

MP	W	L	PCT	MB	STRK
San Diego Aviators	11	7	4	0.636	0.0	W2
Orange County Breakers	11	6	5	0.545	1.0	W1
Philadelphia Freedoms	12	6	6	0.500	1.5	W1
Springfield Lasers	12	6	6	0.500	1.5	L1
New York Empire	12	6	6	0.500	1.5	W1
Washington Kastles	12	4	8	0.333	3.5

Next Matches: 7/31/2017

San Diego Aviators @ ORANGE COUNTY BREAKERS, 6:05 PM PDT

Springfield Lasers @ NEW YORK EMPIRE, 7:00 PM EDT

EP = Extended Play

STB = Supertiebreaker

For live scoring and complete player / match statistics, please visit www.WTT.com

The 42nd season of World TeamTennis presented by GEICO runs July 16-August 2 with the top two teams advancing to the WTT Finals at 8:00 p.m. PT on Saturday, August 5 in Carlsbad, Calif. The Finals will be played at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, and will air live on ESPN3, with ESPN2 joining live coverage at 9:00 pm PT.