The 2020 World TeamTennis season continued Wednesday, with three matches from The Greenbrier in West Virginia.
The top matchup on Day 11 featured the Philadelphia Freedoms, who lead the standings with a 6-1 record, taking on the Vegas Rollers. Vegas entered play tied with the Orlando Storm for the final playoff spot with just eight days remaining in the regular season.
Leading off Wednesday's action was another crucial match in the postseason race. The San Diego Aviators and New York Empire came into the day with identical 3-4 records and in a three-way tie with the Washington Kastles for fifth place.
2020 World TeamTennis Results - July 22
New York Aviators def. San Diego Empire, 20-19
Chicago Smash def. Springfield Lasers, 18-15
Philadelphia Freedoms def. Vegas Rollers, 25-16
New York Aviators 20, San Diego Empire 19
The Aviators held off the Empire 20-19 in a wild back-and-forth showdown that was decided 7-5 in a supertiebreaker.
New York got off to a fast start thanks to a 5-2 win for Kim Clijsters and Jack Sock over CoCo Vandeweghe and Ryan Harrison in mixed doubles.
The Aviators evened things up at seven with a 5-2 victory of their own in women's doubles. Nicole Melichar was the star of this portion of the match, winning six of her seven first serves and both of her second-serve opportunities.
Sock put New York back on top with a 5-3 win over Harrison in men's singles, but the Aviators took a 15-14 overall lead thanks to Christina McHale's 5-2 victory against Clijsters in the women's singles match.
The Aviators saved a match point in the mixed-doubles match and held on for a 5-4 win to even the score at 19 to force the supertiebreaker.
Chicago Smash 18, Springfield Lasers 15
Eugenie Bouchard played the MVP role for the Chicago Smash on Wednesday, helping lead her team to an 18-15 win over the Springfield Lasers.
Between her singles win over Catherine McNally and Olga Govortsova and her doubles win with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Bouchard went a combined 10-2. Her 5-1 victory over McNally and Govortsova erased the 5-1 lead Mitchell Krueger gave the Lasers with his win over Brandon Nakashima.
Robert Lindstedt and Jean-Julien Rojer were likewise dominant for Springfield's men's side, winning their set 5-2 over Rajeev Ram and Evan King.
Ram and Mattek-Sands put things away with their mixed doubles win over Lindstedt and McNally.
Philadelphia Freedoms 25, Vegas Rollers 16
The Freedoms moved their winning streak to five straight in a dominant 25-16 win over Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Philly won all five sets, including a strong 5-1 victory for Sofia Kenin and Caroline Dolehide in women's doubles. Kenin also earned a 5-3 win over Ajla Tomljanovic in their singles match.
Vegas' loss drops the Rollers to 4-5 on the season and out of the current top-four that qualify for the playoffs.
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