
Mardy Fish of the New York Empire will not play this season (injured).
Milos Raonic of the Orange County Breakers has decided not to play this season (personal).
Tommy Paul has been added to the Washington Kastles replacing Frances Tiafoe, who tested positive for Covid-19 and is ineligible to play.
Note: Fish and Raonic will not be replaced.
ESPN2 Adds 10 World TeamTennis Matches
Venus Williams, Sofia Kenin, Sam Querrey, Sloane Stephens and the Bryan Brothers among the Top Players in WTT
ESPN+ Also to Present Exclusive Matches
ESPN2 has added 10 matches from World TeamTennis – playing its 45th season this summer at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. – to its July schedule. The action will begin on the season’s opening day, Sunday, July 12, with two matches: Orlando Storm and Tennys Sandgren facing the WTT two-time defending champion Springfield (Mo.) Lasers and 18-year-old American Caty McNally at noon ET with an 8 p.m. meeting of the Orange County Breakers and Steve Johnson and the San Diego Aviators featuring Americans Ryan Harrison and Coco Vandeweghe. More matches beyond Saturday, July 18, may also be added to the ESPN2 schedule.
ESPN+ will also have a schedule of exclusive matches, starting Tuesday, July 14, with the Springfield (Mo.) Lasers and the Philadelphia Freedoms at 7 p.m. and continuing to July 26.
The ESPN2 and ESPN+ WTT schedule through July 18:
Date | Time (ET) | Event | Network |
Sun, July 12 | Noon | Orlando vs. Springfield | ESPN2 |
8 p.m. | Orange County vs. San Diego | ESPN2 | |
Mon, July 13 | 1 p.m. | Vegas vs. Orlando | ESPN2 |
5 p.m. | Washington vs. New York | ESPN2 | |
Tue, July 14 | 11 a.m. | San Diego vs. Vegas | ESPN2 |
3 p.m. | Orlando vs. Chicago | ESPN2 | |
7 p.m. | Springfield vs. Philadelphia | ESPN+ | |
Wed, July 15 | 11 a.m. | Orange County vs. Chicago | ESPN+ |
Thu, July 16 | 11 a.m. | Vegas vs. Orange County | ESPN+ |
3 p.m. | Springfield vs. Washington | ESPN2 | |
Fri, July 17 | Noon | Chicago vs. New York | ESPN2 |
3:30 p.m. | Vegas vs. Springfield | ESPN+ | |
Sat, July 18 | Noon | Orlando vs. Orange County | ESPN2 |
7:30 p.m. | Springfield vs. New York | ESPN2 |
Greenbrier · Sandgren · WTT
Scoop Malinowski · July 10, 2020 at 1:41 pm
This is a major break for WTT to take center stage in the pro sports world. Hopefully the anti progress anti life goes on media will not try to cancel the tournament by attacking BJK and WTT for having the guts to try to get life and pro tennis going again in USA.