3 In a row

This year there is only 10 teams in the World Team Tennis league. We are divided into 2 conferences, Western Conference and Eastern Conference. The Western Conference consist of the following teams:

• Sacramento Capitals


• Newport Beach Breakers


• St Louis Aces


• Kansas City Explorers


• Springfiled Lasers

Eastern Conference:

• New York Sportimes


• New York Buzz


• Philadelphia Freedoms


• Boston Lobsters


• Washington Castles

Each team plays 14 matches in the regular season. The top 2 teams in each conference will then play each other for a place in the finals. This year the semifinals is hosted by the winner of each conference and then the finals will be played in Washington DC.

Our team the Springfield Laser has already clinched the Western Conference and will play Friday night in Springfield. Our opponents has not yet been confirmed. It will be between the Newport Beach Breakers and the Sacramento Capitals. In the Eastern Conference the New York Sportimes has qualified already. The Lasers has a 11-0 record so far in the regular season and we are trying to only become the 2nd team in history to go through the season with out loosing a match. In 2007 in my 1 st year as coach we had a 13-1 record.

We have a long week ahead of us. Tomorrow we play the Washington Castles, Tuesday we play in St Louis, Wednesday in Washington we have Thursday off and then the play-offs Friday night. If we play well we will have the big finals on Sunday night in Washington.

Last night we beat St Louis 23-16. This is the 3rd team we beat then this season.

I received bad news on Thursday when I heard that Fritz Wolmarans hurt his back and will be out for 6-8 weeks. He has played some great tennis this year after been out with a knee injury for 6 months. Hopefully he will recover quickly and be ready for the last part of the season.

I will name the Davis Cup Team that will play India in September in this week.