Anna Kournikova and Pete Sampras will lead the World Tennis Team
Anna Kournikova will open the season. Pete Sampras plans to play four matches and John McEnroe will try to keep up “with the big boys” of World Team Tennis.
Co-founded by Billie Jean King, the coed league kicks of its 2007 and 32nd season. The month long series will feature appearances by Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and the top-ranked doubles duo of Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.
Anna Kournikova will headline the home opener of the Sacramento Capitals against the Springfield Lasers. It is her fifth season in World Team Tennis and the third straight with the Sacramento Capitals.
“It’s awesome that tennis gets to be displayed in cities where normally you don’t have big tournaments,” Kournikova said. “It’s so friendly for the fans. You get to see the current players. You get to see the young and up and coming.”
John McEnroe, 48, is the oldest of the 53 players from 18 countries in World Team Tennis league. John McEnroe still thinks like a champion. When asked how he would play Maria Sharapova of the Newport Beach team he said, “Keep it nice and low - she is quite tall.”
Pete Sampras made his World Team Tennis debut last season.
“They’ve been trying to get me to play Team Tennis since I was a pro,” Sampras said, laughing. “It was kind of my first commitment to playing again - it got me on the court and in shape. I enjoyed it, even though I looked a little rusty.”
“It’s competitive, it’s the real deal,” said Sampras, who will play for the Newport Beach Breakers. “We’re there to play to win.”
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