With the 36th season of World TeamTennis kicking off on July 4, check out the form of the top WTT players as they take the court in Wimbledon competition. From qualifying players to those enjoying some of the top seeds in the main draws, follow the results of your favorite stars before they head to the United States for WTT action and the start of the summer hard court season.
Over the next two weeks, follow up-to-date WTT player results at WTT.com/Wimbledon. Here?s a breakdown of the seeding, the draw and what not to miss from WTT players over the next two weeks.
Starting from the top of the men?s draw, the highest-ranked American Mardy Fish of the Sacramento Capitals takes on Marcel Granollers in his first round match. Last year?s Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych and last year?s champion and world No. 1 Rafael Nadal loom in his section of the draw.
Next up is Robert Kendrick of the New York Sportimes, who faces a currently unknown qualifier in his first round match. He could meet Gael Monfils, the French Open quarterfinalist, in the second round. World No. 4 Andy Murray appears in this section as does American Andy Roddick.
In probably one of the most anticipated and wildly unexpected first round matches, John Isner (pictured to the left) of the Boston Lobsters (pictured to the left) will face none other than Nicholas Mahut of France. In last year?s first round, the two played the longest match in tennis history. Isner eventually edged Mahut in an astounding 6?4, 3?6, 6?7(7?9), 7?6(7?3), 70?68 score, taking over 11 hours to complete.
Ricardo Mello of the Kansas City Explorers and James Blake of the Boston Lobsters signify the last WTT player on the men?s side to play singles directly in the main draw. Blake takes on Marcos Baghdatis in the first round with the chance to eventually meet Novak Djokovic in a possible third round match.
Travis Rettenmaier of the Newport Beach Breakers and Rik de Voest of the Springfield Lasers still have the chance to qualify although rain delays have postponed the results.
For the women, catch 2009 US Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin of the Philadelphia Freedoms against the resurgent Ana Ivanovic in her first round match. Fellow American Coco Vandeweghe of the Boston Lobsters, who takes on Eleni Daniilidiou, also appears in this section. Both Oudin and Vandeweghe reside in French Open champion Li Na?s quarter.
Rounding out this heavily WTT-filled portion of the women?s draw is last year?s champion Serena Williams (pictured to the right) of the Washington Kastles back after a year filled with injury. Seeded seventh due to her excellent record on grass, Serena plays Aravane Rezai in just her third match back.
The Newport Beach Breakers' Anne Keothavong faces Naomi Broady in her first round match, potentially meeting Petra Kvitova, last year?s semifinalist after. Meanwhile, Katie O?Brien of the New York Sportimes and Venus Williams of the Washington Kastles could clash in the second round. O?Brien needs to defeat Kimiko Date-Krumm, while Venus faces Akgul Ammanmuradova. For more on Venus and her thoughts about playing WTT for another season, see here.
The last WTT player in women?s singles, American Vania King of the Sacramento Capitals, will face Petra Martic in her first round match. Venus and Vania could potentially clash with world No. 3 Vera Zvonareva, who appears in this part of the draw.
In the highest-ranked WTT doubles teams, the Kansas City Explorers? Bryan Brothers (pictured to the left) attempt to win their 11th Grand Slam doubles title as the number one seeds. Additionally, Leader Paes of the Washington Kastles is seeded third with Mahesh Bhupathi.
For the women, Vania King, attempting to defend her Wimbledon doubles titles with partner Yaroslava Shvedova, is seeded first. Meanwhile, Lisa Raymond of the Philadelphia Freedoms and Liezel Huber of the St. Louis Aces are seeded third.
For updated results on WTT players competing at Wimbledon, see here.
To see how WTT players fared at the French Open, click here.
?Benjamin Snyder
Originally published on WTT.com
Source: http://feeds.tennis.com/~r/tenniscom-features/~3/7QAtN_Hyq0A/
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