With their win over Boston tonight, the Washington Kastles became the first WTT team to clinch one of the four playoff spots in the World TeamTennis Finals Weekend presented by GEICO, set for July 22-24, in Charleston, S.C.
The Kastles will play in the WTT Eastern Conference Championship on July 22 at 7 p.m. ET. The WTT Western Conference Championship will be held on July 23 at 5 p.m. The winners of the Eastern and Western Conference Championships will face off in the WTT Final on July 24 at 5 p.m.
World TeamTennis Pro League presented by GEICO – Results for Saturday, 7/16
(Home teams in capital letters)
FINAL RESULTS – All matches complete:
Washington Kastles def. BOSTON LOBSTERS 25-18 (OT)
Mixed Doubles – Leander Paes\Rennae Stubbs (Kastles) def. Eric Butorac\Mashona Washington (Lobsters) 5-4
Women’s Doubles – Arina Rodionova\Rennae Stubbs (Kastles) def. Irina Falconi\Mashona Washington (Lobsters) 5-2
Men’s Singles – Bobby Reynolds (Kastles) def. Jan-Michael Gambill (Lobsters) 5-4
Men’s Doubles – Leander Paes\Bobby Reynolds (Kastles) def. Jan-Michael Gambill\Eric Butorac (Lobsters) 5-2
Women’s Singles – Irina Falconi (Lobsters) def. Arina Rodionova (Kastles) 5-4
Overtime – Women’s Singles – Irina Falconi (Lobsters) tied Arina Rodionova (Kastles) 1-1
SPRINGFIELD LASERS def. Philadelphia Freedoms 25-13
Mixed Doubles – Rik De Voest\Carly Gullickson (Lasers) def. Beatrice Capra\Nathan Healey (Freedoms) 5-2
Women’s Singles – Lilia Osterloh (Lasers) def. Beatrice Capra (Freedoms) 5-2
Men’s Doubles – Jean Andersen\Rik De Voest (Lasers) def. Brendan Evans\Nathan Healey (Freedoms) 5-4
Women’s Doubles – Carly Gullickson\Lilia Osterloh (Lasers) def. Beatrice Capra\Melanie Oudin (Freedoms) 5-4
Men’s Singles – Rik De Voest (Lasers) def. Nathan Healey (Freedoms) 5-1
KANSAS CITY EXPLORERS def. New York Sportimes 25-7
Men’s Singles – Ricardo Mello (Explorers) def. Jesse Witten (Sportimes) 5-0
Women’s Singles – Madison Brengle (Explorers) def. Katie O Brien (Sportimes) 5-0
Mixed Doubles – Kveta Peschke\Mike Bryan (Explorers) def. Abigail Spears\Travis Parrott (Sportimes) 5-4
Women’s Doubles – Madison Brengle\Kveta Peschke (Explorers) def. Katie O Brien\Abigail Spears (Sportimes) 5-3
Men’s Doubles – Bob Bryan\Mike Bryan (Explorers) def. Travis Parrott\Jesse Witten (Sportimes) 5-0
Sacramento Capitals def. NEWPORT BEACH BREAKERS 22-11 (OT)
Mixed Doubles – Mark Knowles\Vania King (Capitals) def. Travis Rettenmaier\Marie-Eve Pelletier (Breakers) 5-1
Women’s Doubles – Vania King\Yasmin Schnack (Capitals) def. Marie-Eve Pelletier\Anne Keothavong (Breakers) 5-0
Men’s Doubles – Lester Cook\Trevor Kronemann (Breakers) def. Dusan Vemic\Mark Knowles (Capitals) 5-4
Women’s Singles – Vania King (Capitals) def. Anne Keothavong (Breakers) 5-0
Men’s Singles – Lester Cook (Breakers) def. Dusan Vemic (Capitals) 5-2
Overtime – Men’s Singles – Dusan Vemic (Capitals) def. Lester Cook (Breakers) 1-0
Standings
Eastern Conference MP W L PCT MB
y – Washington Kastles 10 10 0 1.000 —
New York Sportimes 11 6 5 0.545 4.5
Boston Lobsters 11 5 6 0.455 5.5
Philadelphia Freedoms 11 2 9 0.182 8.5
Western Conference MP W L PCT MB
Sacramento Capitals 10 6 4 0.600 —
Kansas City Explorers 9 5 4 0.556 0.5
St Louis Aces 10 5 5 0.500 1
Springfield Lasers 10 4 6 0.400 2
Newport Beach Breakers 10 3 7 0.300 3
x = Clinched playoff spot
y = Clinched #1 seed for Conference Championship
Next Matches: 7/17/2011
Springfield Lasers @ KANSAS CITY EXPLORERS, 6:35 PM (CDT)
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