WTT Recap: Philadelphia Freedoms Make it Five Wins in a Row

World Team Tennis Results, Friday July 19New York Empire 22, Washington Kastles, 13
Philadelphia Freedoms 23, Orlando Storm 15
Vegas Rollers 23, San Diego Aviators, 15By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday July 20, 2019
Photo: World Team TennisThe Philadelphia Freedoms have found their groove.The Freedoms stretched their winning streak to five with a 23-15 win over the Orlando Storm on Friday. Whitney Osuigwe was the only Orlando player to score a set—she took the women’s singles 5-1 from Taylor Townsend, but the Freedoms were too deep and too strong on Friday at Hagan Arena.Mitchell Krueger took the men’s singles 5-4 over Evan King and also combined with France’s Fabrice Martin to defeat Feliciano Lopez and Ken Skupski 5-2.In total Philadelphia won 123 points to 90 for Orlando. They’ll fly to Vegas to face the Rollers on Sunday afternoon.Kastles Remain Winless, Vegas Scores a WinIn other WTT action on Friday the New York Empire shellacked the struggling Washington Kastles 22-13. The loss drops the Kastles to 0-4 while New York improves to 2-3.Washington certainly had its moments as Venus Williams dominated the women’s singles and defeated Kirsten Flipkens 5-1, but Flipkens got her revenge when she and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez defeated Williams and Marta Kostyuk 5-1 in the women’s doubles. Ulises Blanch defeated Yoshihito Nishioka 5-2 in men’s singles.There was also this regrettable moment from Williams’ doubles partner Nathan Pasha—ouch!

#WTT2019: Sometimes you hit the ball, sometimes the ball hits you! You've got to love @WashKastles 🦅 star @Venuseswilliams' reaction to getting nailed in the back by partner @NathanPasha's serve in their match against @nyempiretennis 🗽. @EleVenbyVenus #EveryPointCounts #WASvsNY pic.twitter.com/ACdadifeWr
— World TeamTennis (@WorldTeamTennis) July 19, 2019

In the late match on Friday, Sam Querrey helped lead Vegas past San Diego, 23-15. Querrey needed 20 minutes to knock off fellow American Taylor Fritz in the men’s singles and Great Britain’s Harriet Dart defeated Danielle Lao 5-3 in the women’s singles.Vegas improved to 2-3 while San Diego dropped to 3-2.

#VictorySelfie for the @VegasRollersWTT!!!Big win for the squad, as they move to 2-3 on the season and will head back for their home opener on Sunday against first-place @SGFLasers! #WTT2019 #EveryPointCounts 🎲🎲🎲 pic.twitter.com/QQgLBvsPAD
— World TeamTennis (@WorldTeamTennis) July 20, 2019

Vegas will host the undefeated Springfield Lasers tonight, while San Diego will travel to face Orange County.Here are the current World Team Tennis standings through Friday: