Breakers dump Capitals in WTT opener on road
ROSEVILLE — The Newport Beach Breakers never trailed in winning their World Team Tennis season opener, 21-16, at defending champion Sacramento on Thursday at Westfield Galleria.
Kaes Van’t Hof and Michaela Pastikova got the match off to a good start, winning 5-1 in mixed doubles over Sacramento’s Elena Likhovtseva and Eric Butorac.
The Breakers’ Angelika Bachmann then lost to Olga Puchkova in women’s singles, 5-3, as the Capitals pulled within two. But Breakers veteran Ramon Delgado then topped Sacramento’s Sam Warburg in men’s singles, 5-3, to give his team a 13-9 edge.
Pastikova and Bachmann followed with a 5-2 women’s doubles win. Delgado and Van’t Hof lost in men’s doubles to Butoroc and Warburg, 5-2, to send the match into overtime.
Once there, however, Delgado and Van’t Hof won the first game to end the match.
Newport Beach has its home opener Saturday at 7 p.m. at Newport Beach Country Club, against Kansas City.
— From staff reports
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