I apologize for the delay on the post, but this World Team Tennis business is nonstop action.  I have been going twenty-four seven the past few days.  I am happy to have an hour or so of free time to update you guys on all that has been going on. 

     First off I want to mention that Jeff Dadamo and I took the doubles title in the Winnetka, IL 50K event. (pictured below) We had a pretty tough draw going in, but we squeezed through it.  It was our first time playing together and both of our first challenger titles.  So that was pretty exciting.  Jeff was bringing the heat on the serve all week.  I have to give him a big shout-out for that and for putting up with me for the week.  I cracked the top 180 in doubles so I am pretty pumped about that.  I also moved to 36-4 record on the year for doubles, which I am pretty proud of.  I hope to continue improving my ranking and working my way up the ladder in singles and doubles.

     Anyways, let's move on to the exciting stuff.  I am currently in Springfield, MO playing World Team Tennis for the Springfield Lasers.  My teammates are Amir Weintraub (ISR), Timea Babos (HUN), Maria Sanchez (USA) and our beautiful South African coach JL De Jager.  I have enjoyed hanging with all of them.  I was really lucky to get a pretty cool group of people to be around for three weeks.  We started a couple of days ago and it has been pretty much all out blitz.  We opened up the first night against the Kansas City Explorers here in Springfield.  We went down in a pretty close loss.  I wasn't too happy with my play in the match, but it will get better I am sure.  Yesterday we flew to NYC to play the Sportimes.  We travel in style on the Lasers squad (below).  We don't mess around.  Unfortunately we took a loss last night as well to move to 0-2.  The good thing is we got on the jet again this morning back to Springfield and have a chance to redeem ourselves tonight against the Washington Kastles at 7PM central time.  I hope I will have some more good news for you guys in the next post. 

     I will say that World Team Tennis aka WTT is a lot of fun.  They keep it entertaining for everybody.  There is music playing at all times except during the point.  It is really fast paced so it keeps you on your toes at all times.  The fans really seem to enjoy it.  I have always liked being a part of a team as well so I think that side of it is awesome.  It is just a good time all around.  If you ever get a chance to go out to a match somewhere take advantage of it.  I am sure you will enjoy yourself.  I will explain more about the rules in my next post.  That is a whole different story in itself.  Anyways, I have to get going and get ready for the battle tonight.  I hope you guys enjoyed the post.  I will post as often as I can during the season to keep you guys posted.  Thanks for reading.  Laser out.

All the best,

Devin Britton