But she misses coaching it, specifically coaching fellow pros. Mardy Fish, Kirsten Flipkens, Guido Pella and Maria Sanchez make up the rest of the Empire roster, and those four players will play in all of the team’s matches.įernandez, whose 17 Grand Slam doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals earned her a spot in the International Tennis Hall of Fame, does not miss playing tennis. Isner and Bouchard are the team’s two “marquee’’ players and will not play the entire schedule, which runs for 14 matches from July 16-Aug. The Empire roster includes towering 6-foot-10 men’s serve-and-volley force John Isner, who will face Philly’s Donald Young in the July 16 opening match, and Canadian Genie Bouchard, who will play two home matches, July 27 and 28. “You can harass the players,’’ she said with a smile. Indeed, the goal of Fernandez and the Empire - who open against the Philadelphia Freedoms on July 16 - is to create more of a home-court edge than the team had while playing at Forest Hills Stadium last year. She calls the court “a perfect New York environment.’’ The Empire will play on the 2,800-seat Court 17 mini-stadium at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, and Fernandez hopes to do all she can to foster a rowdy, Davis Cup-like atmosphere. And she will get some help in doing so from a new, exciting home court and a roster that includes a couple of stars from today’s game. Gigi Fernandez, who will coach the New York Empire and serves as the only current woman coach among the six World Team Tennis squads and just the 10th in the league’s 42-year history, would like to change that. If you did not realize World Team Tennis still existed, you’re not alone.
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