Orange County beats San Diego in World TeamTennis finals


Save Story
Leer en español

Estimated read time: Less than a minute

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — The Orange County Breakers beat the defending champion San Diego Aviators 22-18 on Saturday night to win their second World TeamTennis championship.

The Breakers opened the match with Yanina Wickmayer's 5-2 victory over Naomi Broady in women's singles and never relinquished the lead, despite the Aviators winning women's doubles and mixed doubles.

In men's doubles, Ken Skupski and Teymuraz Gabashvili of the Breakers defeated Rajeev Ram and Raven Klaasen of the Aviators 5-2, and in men's singles, Teymuraz Gabashvili of the Breakers beat Ram 5-4.

The Aviators' women's doubles team of Broady and Darija Jurak won 5-3 over Andreja Klepac and Wickmayer. San Diego's mixed doubles team of Klaasen and Darija Jurak won 5-4 over Skupski and Klepac.

The Breakers also won the 2004 title, when they were known as the Newport Beach Breakers.

Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Most recent National Sports stories

Related topics

TennisNational Sports
The Associated Press

    ARE YOU GAME?

    From first downs to buzzer beaters, get KSL.com’s top sports stories delivered to your inbox weekly.
    By subscribing, you acknowledge and agree to KSL.com's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

    KSL Weather Forecast