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Nick Kyrgios Headlines Kastles Last Home Match of Season against Lasers Tonight at 6PM

July 27, 2019 - World TeamTennis (WTT)
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In classic form, Venus Williams of the Washington Kastles defeated Taylor Townsend to force the match into extended play
In classic form, Venus Williams of the Washington Kastles defeated Taylor Townsend to force the match into extended play
(Washington Kastles, Credit: Abby Van Ess)

It'll be a grand finale at Kastles Stadium on Union Market tonight.

Former world #13 and reigning Mexican Open champion Nick Kyrgios will headline for Washington in the Kastles' last home match of the season. The wily Aussie has wins over Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic, and will look to roil the 2nd place and defending WTT champion Springfield Lasers in his second season with DC.

In singles, Kyrgios will take on Lasers rising star Enrique Lopez Perez. The Spaniard is a league leader in singles, having scored 37 games for Springfield this season, but Kyrgios is one of the most talented players in the game, dazzling crowds across the globe with sensational performances against the biggest names in tennis on the biggest stages in the world.

Then in an exclusive Citi Open preview, Kyrgios will team up with five-time Grand Slam doubles champion and current doubles #7 Bruno Soares against Lopez Perez and three-time Major doubles champ and current doubles #13 Jean-Julien Rojer in men's doubles. Soares and Rojer will square off again in the first round of men's doubles this Monday in Rock Creek Park in the first edition of Citi Open Reimagined, under the management of MDE Tennis. Seeded #4, Soares will team up with former Australian Open doubles champ and current world #17 Mate Pavic against Rojer and his longtime partner and current doubles #15 Horia Tecau, with whom he won the 2017 US Open Championship.

The match could hinge on a mixed doubles battle between the best mixed teams in the world. (Photo: Jack Gorman)

On the women's side, new Kastle and former UCLA star Jennifer Brady will take on 20-year-old Russian rising star Anna Blinkova in singles. In doubles, Kastles all-star and current world doubles #20 Nicole Melichar is expected to partner with Brady against Blinkova and WTT champ Abigail Spears. A mixed doubles Grand Slam champion and former doubles world #10, Spears helped the Lasers capture their first WTT title in franchise history last season.

But the match could hinge on a mixed doubles showdown between Kastles Melichar and Soares vs. Lasers Spears and Rojer. The best mixed doubles team in the world against the best mixed doubles team in WTT. The Kastles lead the Grand Slam doubles count and top the world mixed doubles ranking, but the Lasers are the mixed doubles league leaders and defending WTT champs.

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SET-BY-SET PROJECTIONS:

WD - N. Melichar/J. Brady (WAS) vs. A.Spears/A. Blinkova (SPR)

MXD - B. Soares/N. Melichar (WAS) vs. J. Roger/A. Spears (SPR)

WS - J. Brady (WAS) vs. A. Blinkova (SPR)

MD - B. Soares/N. Kyrgios (WAS) vs. J. Rojer/E. Lopez-Perez (SPR)

MS - N. Kyrgios (WAS) vs. E. Lopez Perez (SPR)




Images from this story

Aussie sensation Nick Kyrgios returns for second season with the Washington Kastles
Aussie sensation Nick Kyrgios returns for second season with the Washington Kastles
(Willis Bretz)		 Washington Kastles match
Washington Kastles match
(Jack Gorman)		 Venus Williams has pulled off many comebacks for the Washington Kastles
Venus Williams has pulled off many comebacks for the Washington Kastles
(Abby Van Ess)
Yoshi Nishioka wore out his opponent in men's singles to get the Washington Kastles back on track
Yoshi Nishioka wore out his opponent in men's singles to get the Washington Kastles back on track
(Abby Van Ess)		 Washington Kastles all-star Nicole Melichar faced tough competition in her first match back in the lineup
Washington Kastles all-star Nicole Melichar faced tough competition in her first match back in the lineup
(Abby Van Ess)		 In classic form, Venus Williams of the Washington Kastles defeated Taylor Townsend to force the match into extended play
In classic form, Venus Williams of the Washington Kastles defeated Taylor Townsend to force the match into extended play
(Abby Van Ess)



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