Sacramento, Washington agree to 4-player trade

June 29, 2009 - World TeamTennis (WTT)
Sacramento Capitals News Release


NEW YORK, N.Y. (June 29, 2009) - The Sacramento Capitals and the Washington Kastles announced a four-player trade this afternoon, just days before the start of the Advanta World TeamTennis Pro League season. The teams swapped their 2009 second and third round draft picks with Sacramento sending 2008 Female MVP Rennae Stubbs and Olga Puchkova to Washington for 2006 Female MVP Angela Haynes, 17-year-old CoCo Vandeweghe, and financial compensation.

The Capitals open their 2009 season at home when they host the Kastles on July 3. Sacramento plays in the Western Conference while Washington is in the Eastern Conference.

Stubbs' new team includes another doubles standout in 8-time Grand Slam doubles champion Leander Paes, giving the Kastles one of the most formidable mixed doubles teams in the League. Stubbs is a WTT veteran, returning for her 10th season. She led the League in women's doubles last season and finished second in the mixed doubles rankings.

This is the third season of WTT action for Haynes, a resident of Irvine, Calif. Haynes excels in the WTT format, winning the Female MVP Award during her rookie season in Delaware in 2006. Haynes has won seven ITF doubles and two ITF singles titles since turning pro.

At 17, Vandeweghe is one of the rising stars of American tennis. The native Californian captured the 2008 US Open Junior Singles championship and has an impressive athletic lineage. Her uncle Kiki was an NBA standout and her mother won Olympic silver medals in swimming (1976) and volleyball (1984).

Puchkova is making her WTT debut in 2009. The 21-year-old Russian has won five ITF singles titles and has been ranked as high as No. 32 in singles on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (June 2007).

The 2009 Advanta WTT Pro League season runs July 2-26 in 10 U.S. markets, and concludes with the Advanta WTT Finals on July 26 in Washington, D.C.



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