Tennis Celebrity Serena Williams, Washington Kastles defeat Boston Lobsters tennis squad in Middleton

North Andover - Playing World TeamTennis is not just something Serena Williams does for fun. It’s not just dessert after the main course of winning the 2009 Wimbledon ladies singles (and doubles, with sister Venus) championships.

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She takes this stuff seriously. She showed that by helping her Washington Kastles team defeat the Boston Lobsters, 24-17, at Middleton’s Ferncroft Country Club on July 9.

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I think the level is very intense. Last year I was more nervous at TeamTennis than I was at Wimbledon, just five days after defeating Venus at Wimbledon’s ladies singles final. “I feel a little pressure. You’re not just playing for yourself, you’re playing for your team and your teammates and every game counts. It’s not the easiest thing, that’s for sure.

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Jan-Michael Gambill of the Lobsters defeated Scott Oudsema, 5-4 (games are scored to four points, and each “set” is won by five games) to kick off the match. Then, it was Serena time.
She went up against returning Lobster player Raquel Kops-Jones and gave up just 13 total points while winning 5-2. It was the first time Serena had played Kops-Jones and she had high praise for the 2008 U.S. Open doubles quarterfinalist.

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I think she’s good — she’s a fighter, she runs well and she has a great return,
“I never played her before, “I didn’t know what to expect, but I knew she’d be tough and she was — she played hard and fast. I think I had a few chances and I didn’t execute, but overall I’m happy with how I performed.”

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Out of the 25 points that Serena won, she only got two of those off service aces. Kops-Jones got a lot of classic tennis grunts out of one of the sport’s all-time best athletes. The Lobster certainly held her own.
Williams joined up with 2009 French Open doubles champion (with Lukas Dlouhy) Leander Paes in the mixed doubles match that night. They faced Kops-Jones and first-year Lobster James Auckland and came up with a 5-3 victory.
During the break, Williams danced a little to the young duo of Topsfield’s Michael and Marisa, with Michael playing guitar and singing and Marisa on drums and she also sang.
Following the break, Serena had her last match of the night, joining Rennae Stubbs, who won four Grand Slam doubles titles in the early 2000s. They faced Kops-Jones and another first-year Lobster, Stephanie Foretz, and came up with the 5-1 victory.
Gambill and Auckland faced Paes and Oudsema, winning 5-4 in the regulation match, but losing their third “tiebreaker” match to account for the final, 24-17.
Serena was glad to have the chance to play in such a small venue.
“I lok at the stadium and see how intimate it is, of the Ferncroft facility. “It’s so small, your fans are so close to you, they get to know a sense of how you play, who you are — it’s awesome, I love it.”
This time, the 22-time Grand Slam champion and two-time Olympic Gold medalist wasn’t nervous.