VILLANOVA - The Philadelphia Freedoms suffered a home loss to the New York Sportimes, 23-13, Thursday night at Villanova University. A surprise appearance by former world number one, Martina Hingis, thrilled spectators but proved to be a major setback for the Freedoms.
Hingis overwhelmed 19-year-old Freedoms team member Beatrice Capra in women's singles, 5-0, in a set lasting only 13 minutes. Hingis also teamed up with the Sportimes' Abigail Spears for women's doubles, and the duo overtook Capra and teammate Lisa Raymond for a final score of 5-2.
The Sportimes' Jesse Whitten led off the evening with a 5-2 men's singles victory over the Freedoms' Brendan Evans. Spears and teammate Greg Jones defeated Nathan Healey and Lisa Raymond of the Freedoms in mixed doubles, 5-4. Heading into the final set, the Freedoms were down 20-8 in the overall match scoring, but Evans and Healey fought back and defeated Jones and Whitten 5-2 in men's doubles. This sent the match into a brief overtime, which the Sportimes won by a score of 1-0, capturing their second victory of the WTT season.
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Reading stuff like this just makes me wish even more she was back on the WTA tour for real.
That desire will probably never go away :D.
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