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Kastles Stadium Hosts Historic WTT Finals Sunday at 11:30 am

August 1, 2015 - World TeamTennis (WTT)
Washington Kastles News Release


Madison Brengle of the Washington Kastles
Madison Brengle of the Washington Kastles
(Washington Kastles, Credit: Willis Bretz)

Kastles Stadium at the Smith Center will be the site of history in the making on Sunday when the Washington Kastles play for their fifth consecutive Mylan World TeamTennis Championship.

Never before in the league's 40 years has a team captured the King Trophy five straight times.

An atmosphere unlike any other is expected when Washington hosts the championship match Sunday at 11:30 am.

The best tickets are going very fast and some sections are sold out! Don't wait to secure your seats for as little as $10, with courtside tickets from $25, at Ticketmaster.com or the Smith Center box office.

A small number of VIP tickets, boxes and dinner tables still remains starting at $25 per seat. All Emirates VIP Dream Seats dinner tables include a catered, three-course brunch. Call 202-4-TENNIS (483-6647) or E-mail Lauren Dugan for more information or to purchase VIP tickets, boxes and dinner tables.

Mylan WTT Finals Tickets Cost How to Purchase

VIP Dinner Table (4 Seats) $500 202-4-TENNIS (483-6647)

Premier Courtside Box (4 Seats) $250 202-4-TENNIS (483-6647)

Baseline Experience $50 202-4-TENNIS (483-6647)

Baseline Club $25 202-4-TENNIS (483-6647)

Kastles Box Seat $25 202-4-TENNIS (483-6647)

Courtside Chairback $25 Ticketmaster.com

Premium Grandstand $10 Ticketmaster.com

Grandstand $10 Ticketmaster.com

Special food items will be offered at concessions in honor of 'Brunch with the Kastles,' including mimosas, strawberries & cream, breakfast burritos, croissants and muffins.

If you're in the D.C. area, there's no reason not to be at the Smith Center on Sunday. But if you're a Kastles fan from afar, log on to ESPN3.com for live streaming at 11:30 am. Then, at 1 pm, ESPN2 begins its national broadcast of the Mylan WTT Finals in progress.

Standing in the 11-4 Kastles' way on Sunday are the 13-2 Austin Aces, who defeated Washington in two of three meetings during the regular season.

The Aces beat the Kastles 22-17 on July 14 in D.C. and 19-16 on Tuesday in Austin. Washington's win over the Aces came on July 24 in Austin by a score of 22-14, leaving the two teams tied at 55 total games in the season series.

Top to bottom, the Kastles and Aces boast the most talented rosters in team tennis, with eight players inside the Top 53 of the world singles or doubles rankings.

Washington Kastles

Martina Hingis: No. 2 in Doubles

Anastasia Rodionova: No. 23 in Doubles

Sam Querrey: No. 30 in Singles

Leander Paes: No. 32 in Doubles

Madison Brengle: No. 44 in Singles

Austin Aces

Elina Svitolina: No. 20 in Singles

Alla Kudryavtseva: No. 21 in Doubles

Teymuraz Gabashvili: No. 53 in Singles

Jarmere Jenkins: 2013 NCAA Doubles Champion

On Thursday, Rodionova followed in the footsteps of former MVPs Hingis and Paes when she was named the 2015 Mylan WTT Female co-Most Valuable Player. Gabashvili won the Male MVP award and Kudryavtseva earned Female Rookie of the Year honors.

SET-BY-SET PROJECTIONS

MS - S. Querrey (WAS) vs. T. Gabashvili (AUS)

In the Kastles' 19-16 loss in Austin on Tuesday, everything was going accordingly for Washington with wins in men's and women's doubles to begin the match. But 15 minutes later, Gabashvili had finished a 5-0 sweep of Querrey in men's singles, giving Austin a two-game lead. Querrey has played incredible tennis since then at home, winning two 5-0 sets of his own against Boston and Philadelphia. He also beat Gabashvili 5-3 on July 24.

July 28: Teymuraz Gabashvili (AUS) def. Sam Querrey (WAS) 5-0 in 3rd set

July 24: Sam Querrey (WAS) def. Teymuraz Gabashvili (AUS) 5-3 in 5th set

July 14: Denis Kudla (WAS) def. Teymuraz Gabashvili (AUS) 5-4 in 1st set

WS - M. Brengle (WAS) vs. E. Svitolina (AUS)

Added to the Aces' roster on July 27, Svitolina has swept three singles sets this week, including a 5-1 win over Brengle. The first-year Kastle responded two nights later by beating Wimbledon quarterfinalist CoCo Vandeweghe 5-2 during the Eastern Conference Championship match. Brengle will look to repeat that performance against the 20-year-old Ukrainian on Sunday, with Hingis giving coach Murphy Jensen another option at singles.

July 28: Elina Svitolina (AUS) def. Madison Brengle (WAS) 5-1 in 5th set

July 24: Nicole Gibbs (AUS) def. Anastasia Rodionova (WAS) 5-2 in 3rd set

July 14: Venus Williams (WAS) def. Nicole Gibbs (AUS) 5-3 in 4th set

MD - L. Paes/S. Querrey (WAS) vs. T. Gabashvili/J. Jenkins (AUS)

Of the five sets, men's doubles has been Washington's strongest entering Sunday's championship match. Paes and Querrey have swept eight straight sets, including a 5-4 win over Gabashvili and Jenkins on Tuesday and a 5-2 win against the same pair on July 24. Jenkins, however, has extra motivation to turn the tide for his team. He led the nearby University of Virginia to its first NCAA men's tennis team championship in 2013.

July 28: Paes/Querrey (WAS) def. Gabashvili/Jenkins (AUS) 5-4 in 1st set

July 24: Paes/Querrey (WAS) def. Gabashvili/Jenkins (AUS) 5-2 in 4th set

July 14: Gabashvili/Jenkins (AUS) def. Kudla/Paes (WAS) 5-3 in 3rd set

WD - M. Hingis/A. Rodionova (WAS) vs. A. Kudryavtseva/E. Svitolina (AUS)

Though the teams of Hingis/Rodionova and Kudryavtseva/Svitolina did not meet during the regular season, Rodionova and Brengle defeated Kudryavtseva and Svitolina 5-3 on Tuesday. With Hingis by Rodionova's side, the Kastles are favored again. Of the four players, Svitolina is the least accomplished in doubles. At No. 132 in the WTA doubles rankings, she is more than 100 spots behind Hingis, Rodionova and Kudryavtseva.

July 28: Brengle/Rodionova (WAS) def. Kudryavtseva/Svitolina (AUS) 5-3 in 2nd set

July 24: Hingis/Rodionova (WAS) def. Gibbs/Kudryavtseva (AUS) 5-1 in 2nd set

July 14: Gibbs/Kudryavtseva (AUS) def. Rodionova/Williams (WAS) 5-1 in 2nd set

MXD - L. Paes/M. Hingis (WAS) vs. T. Gabashvili/A. Kudryavtseva (AUS)

The Wimbledon and Australian Open champions gave the Kastles all the momentum they needed in Thursday's Eastern Conference Championship match by beating Marcelo Melo and Taylor Townsend 5-1. Hingis and Paes also won their only prior meeting against Kudryavtseva and Gabashvili 5-3 in Austin on July 24. With Gabashvili due to play three sets on Sunday, the Kastles could wear the Russian down by attacking him at net.

July 28: Paes/Rodionova (WAS) def. Gabashvili/Kudryavtseva (AUS) 5-2 in 4th set

July 24: Paes/Hingis (WAS) def. Gabashvili/Kudryavtseva (AUS) 5-3 in 1st set

July 14: Gabashvili/Kudryavtseva (AUS) def. Paes/Williams (WAS) 5-3 in 5th set




Images from this story

Leander Paes of the Washington Kastles
Leander Paes of the Washington Kastles
(Oliver Devine)		 Sam Querrey of the Washington Kastles
Sam Querrey of the Washington Kastles
(Fred Mullane of Camerawork USA)		 Madison Brengle of the Washington Kastles
Madison Brengle of the Washington Kastles
(Willis Bretz)

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