Two Mylan World TeamTennis mainstays recorded dominant victories on Wednesday night, as the Philadelphia Freedoms swept the New York Empire on the road, while the Washington Kastles rebounded from the loss of the opening set to cruise to a victory over the visiting Orange County Breakers.
The teams’ victories were spearheaded by three Mylan WTT veterans — as Philadelphia’s Taylor Townsend won three sets and Martina Hingis and Anastasia Rodionova of the Kastles scored an emphatic women’s doubles victory to help turn the match around.
Check out the highlights of last night’s action below!
Philadelphia Freedoms def. New York Empire, 25-13
A sweep of all five sets helped the Freedoms earn their first victory in three matches this season — all of which came against the Empire.
Taylor Townsend had a hand in three of the five sets won by Philadelphia, as she partnered Sloane Stephens to a tiebreak win over Kirsten Flipkens and Maria Sanchez in the second set of the night, before teaming with Fabrice Martin for a 5-1 win in mixed doubles after halftime, and ending the match with an identical set in women’s singles.
“This is the third time in a row that we played this team, so I think that everyone was already pretty familiar with each other’s games,” said Townsend. “I think it was more about sticking to the strategy and just keeping it simple, which I think is what we did. I think we utilized the lineup a little better — they set up the lineup, but I think it worked well for everybody.”
