During the 2013 season of World Team Tennis, Texas may have snapped Washington’s historic win-streak, and Springfield may have handed the Kastles their first home loss in over two-years; but in the end, no one had the winning combination to take down Murphy Jensen’s seasoned line-up of all-stars including Martina Hingis (league female MVP), Leander […]

Without dropping a single event, the Springfield Lasers convincingly won the 2013 World Team Tennis Western Conference Championship on their home court over the Texas Wild, 25-9. Before the match, Jean-Julien Rojer was announced as the league’s Male MVP and Alisa Kleybanova was honored as the league’s Female Rookie of the Year. In Washington, Martina […]

With the Lasers 19-20 Supertiebreaker loss last night in Orange County, and the Wild’s 22-18 win over Sacramento, Springfield and Texas both end the 2013 World Team Tennis regular-season with 9-5 records. Because the Lasers won their only other match 10-days ago, Springfield earned the honor of hosting the Western Conference Championship tonight at Mediacom […]

It would take more than Sam Querrey’s presence with the Sacramento Capitals to slow the Lasers momentum a night after Springfield captured a spot in the Western Conference Final. With home court advantage on the line and the top-ranked American men’s tennis player on the opposite side of the net – the Lasers played inspired […]

With the Lasers convincing 23-15 win over the Boston Lobsters last night, Springfield has secured a spot in the Western Conference Championship! They’ll play Texas, who guaranteed themselves a playoff berth with a 22-20 win over the New York Sportimes last night; a match that featured a tiebreak Mens Singles win from John McEnroe (NY) […]

While Orange County continues its fall in the absence of Coco Vandeweghe, the Springfield Lasers needed a win over the New York Sportimes Sunday night to fend-off the surging Texas Wild in the Western Conference. While Texas won easily over the Freedoms (the team that defeated the Lasers on Springfield’s home court the night before), […]

Saturday night, the Philadelphia Freedoms came into Springfield on a two-game win-streak. They’d beaten Eastern Conference rival New York, and taken down Springfield’s Western Conference rival Orange County. With Orange County’s loss the night before, the Lasers were now in sole possession of first place in the West. Knowing that the Breakers lost to Philly […]

Down 2-4 in the final event, a game away from losing to the Sacramento Capitals, Springfield Lasers’ Alisa Kleybanova and Vania King dug-in and battled back. After winning the next two games, the best doubles pairing in World Team Tennis won the set tiebreak, forcing a Supertiebreak at 19-all. Momentum favoring Springfield, Sacramento’s Olga Govortsova […]

Without Martina Hingis, the Washington Kastles are 1-2; with Martina Hingis: 5-0. She wasn’t playing the night Texas snapped the historic 34-match win-streak; nor was she there the following night when Springfield schooled the Kastles 22-15 in D.C. Martina’s elevated play is exciting news for fans ready to witness her WTA doubles come-back at this […]

Now at the halfway point of the 2013 World Team Tennis season, the Springfield Lasers find themselves with the best record in the league at 5-2. Their only losses came in New York on July 9th and in Orange County last Saturday. Last night’s match with Texas was crucial for both teams – and the […]

Up 15-9 at halftime in Orange County, it appeared the Springfield Lasers were on their way to back-to-back wins over the Breakers last night. Enter Coco Vandeweghe, who has been playing lights-out this season. In Womens Singles, she’s 5-1 with her only loss coming to Sacramento’s Taylor Townsend. Prior to the start of the 2013 […]

For tennis fans in Southwest Missouri, July 12th, 2013 will leave a lasting memory. 3,053 were in attendance at the Cooper Tennis Complex on Pythian. They came to see Andy Roddick, and undoubtedly got their money’s worth…but received so much more for their money. The entire match was electric from start to finish, with high-quality […]

A night after the Texas Wild handed the Washington Kastles their first loss in 34-matches, the Springfield Lasers convincingly took down the Kastles on their home court for the first time in two years (22-15). The first event featured Mens Singles, where Kevin Anderson – in his final appearance of the 2013 World Team Tennis […]

Coach JL de Jager and the Springfield Lasers improved to (2-1) on the 2013 World Team Tennis season with a 23-20 overtime win last night in Philadelphia. Freedoms Coach Josh Cohen chose the order of events, and with Andy Roddick playing for the Lasers, elected to start with Mens Singles and end the match with […]

Tough loss for the Springfield Lasers last night in Albany. Andy Roddick and Jean-Julien Rojer won the first Men’s Doubles set (5-4), then Rojer and Alisa Kleybanova dropped a close one in Mixed (4-5). In Men’s Singles, it came down to the deciding point at 4-all in the set and 4-all in the tie-break. 23-strokes […]

Knocking the rust off! – after 10-months away, Andy Roddick teamed with Jean-Julien Rojer in Men’s Doubles for the Springfield Lasers opener July 8th at Cooper Tennis Complex. With a 5-2 event win, the guys sent the Lasers on their way to a 22-14 victory. 7/8 – WIN 22-14 over the Boston Lobsters MD (W) […]

With the conclusion of Wimbledon and two weeks before the start of the Emirates Airline US Open Series, it’s time for the 39th season of Billie Jean King’s World Team Tennis. Teams this year include the Boston Lobsters, Sacramento Capitals, New York Sportimes, Orange County Breakers, Texas Wild, Philadelphia Freedoms, Washington Kastles…and here in the […]