Breakers edged by Explorers

The Kansas City Explorers defeated the Newport Beach Breakers, 21-20,

in a World Team Tennis match Friday night at the Plaza Tennis Center

in Mission, Kansas.

The Breakers, who host Springfield at 7 tonight at the Palisades

Tennis Club, fell to 1-3 as the Explorers won a super tiebreaker,

7-6, to win the match.

Kansas City’s Rachel McQuillan and Laura Granville beat Newport’

Maria Sharapova and Eva Dyrberg in women’s doubles, 5-3, to open the

match, then Granville topped Sharapova in women’s singles, 5-3.

In mixed doubles, Kansas City’s McQuillan and Rick Leach edged

Sharapova and Josh Eagle, 5-4. In men’s doubles, Eagle and Brian

MacPhie defeated Leach and David Wheaton, 5-4, then MacPhie tied the

match with a 5-1 victory over Wheaton in men’s singles, before

pulling it out in a super tiebreaker.