Playing for the second time in two nights, the New York Empire managed to edge out a win against the Philadelphia Freedoms — despite losing more sets than they won — on Monday evening.
After clinching Sunday’s season-opener in men’s singles thanks to John Isner, Mardy Fish delivered for the visiting team in Philadelphia on Monday, as the Empire posted another comeback victory.
In Orange County, the host Breakers won four of the five events against the visiting Springfield Lasers to earn their first win of the 2017 season.
Check out the highlights of Monday night’s Mylan WTT action.
New York Empire def. Philadelphia Freedoms, 21-20
In Mylan World TeamTennis, every game counts - and that fact was not lost on Kirsten Flipkens of the New York Empire on Monday night. With her team trailing the Philadelphia Freedoms for the second straight day, the Belgian defeated Sloane Stephens (and Taylor Townsend, who was subbed in when down 3-0) 5-1 to tie the match, and set the stage for Mardy Fish to clinch New York’s second win of the season in the final set.
“When you are down, it’s not easy to start the fourth set,” said Flipkens. “I saw the score was 15-11, and I knew I had to win by four if I wanted to break even and give Mardy [Fish] a chance in the final set. If I had won 5-4 in a tiebreak I knew it would have been very difficult for Mardy.”