WTT Recap: Kecmanovic Leads Undefeated Lasers to Victory

Photo Source: World Team TennisWorld Team Tennis defending champion Springfield Lasers improved to 4-0 on the season on Thursday with a 21-17 triumph over the Washington Kastles.Miomir Kecmanovic, the 19-year-old World No. 66, got the Lasers out of the blocks fast with a 5-2 victory over Yoshihito Nishioka in men’s singles. Marta Kostyuk defeated Anna Blinkova in a tiebreaker to win women’s singles and Jean-Julien Rojer paired with Blinkova to blank Nathan Pasha and Kaitlyn Christian to finish the contest.

#WTT2019: @SGFLasers 💥 defeat the @WashKastles 🦅 21-17 to remain the only undefeated team in the league with a record of 4-0. Get complete #WASvsSPR match stats: https://t.co/L81yNwSE6H #EveryPointCounts pic.twitter.com/Pv5MCzmlwn
— World TeamTennis (@WorldTeamTennis) July 19, 2019

In other WTT Action, Nicole Gibbs thumped Sloane Stephens 5-1 while James Ward defeated Ulises Blanch by the same score to power the Orange County Breakers over the New York Empire 22-15 in the Bronx.The Breakers improved to 1-2 while the Empire fell to 1-3.Elsewhere, Donald Young and Taylor Townsend took care of their singles business to power the Philadelphia Freedoms to a 24-19 win over the Orlando Storm at the USTA National Campus in Orlando.

#WTT2019: @PhillyFreedoms 🔔 defeat the @OrlandoStormWTT ⛈️ 24-19 in Extended Play and move to 4-1 on the season. Get complete #PHLvsORL match stats: https://t.co/xTfCPgljpp #EveryPointCounts pic.twitter.com/uTUfPc7hwV
— World TeamTennis (@WorldTeamTennis) July 19, 2019

Young defeated Feliciano Lopez 5-2. Young and Lopez have split four ATP matches, with Young taking their last meeting at Roland Garros in 2014.And here are your up to date World Team Tennis standings: