The Vegas Rollers has secured the Orleans Arena as its home venue. The Rollers will be coached by Tim Blenkiron – a 1997 NCAA Division I Doubles national champion at UNLV and coach for WTA player Asia Muhammad – with Sally Dewhurst serving as the General Manager.
Additionally, Orleans Arena in Las Vegas will host the 2019 WTT semifinals on Aug. 2 and WTT Finals on Aug. 3
2019 VEGAS ROLLERS HOME SCHEDULE
Purchase tickets here -- https://www.ticketmaster.com/vegas-rollers-tickets/artist/2653917
• Saturday, July 20 vs. Springfield
• Sunday, July 21 vs. Philadelphia
• Tuesday, July 23 vs. New York
• Thursday, July 25 vs. Orange County
• Sunday, July 28 vs. San Diego
• Monday, July 29 vs. Washington
• Tuesday, July 30 vs. Orlando
• Friday, August 2 WTT Semifinals – TBD
• Saturday, August 3 WTT Finals – TBD
Learn more about the Vegas Rollers team: https://vegasrollerstennis.com/team/
About Asia Muhammed -- https://vegasrollerstennis.com/player/331/
“I am extremely ecstatic to be playing for my hometown team the Las Vegas Rollers. I feel our
coach Tim Blenkiron and our general manager Sally Dewhurst have put together an outstanding
team that will be really fun to watch and extremely competitive when the season begins! I’m
confident the Las Vegas community will support the Vegas Rollers and I look forward to our
team competing at a very high-level.”
Asia is the first ever draft pick for the Vegas Rollers.
Instagram: @asiamuhammad
The Vegas Rollers, our first and only professional tennis team, is partnering with pop music icon Redfoo to serve as the team‘s assistant coach, promising to bring a new level of
enthusiasm to both his teammates and the audience. As the Vegas Rollers “Ace,“ Redfoo (a.k.a. Stefan Kendal Gordy) can be seen at every Vegas
Rollers home game from July 20-August 3 pumping up his team and the crowd. Best known for the mega-hit “Party Rock Anthem,“ Redfoo has been an avid tennis player and enthusiast his
whole life. After an injury sidelined his pro career, he went into the family business (music), forming the Grammy-nominated electronic duo LMFAO. Foo is a member of the USTA and his popular Party
Rock clothing line was the title sponsor of the USTA Pro Circuit Women‘s $50,000 event played at the Darling Tennis Center in Las Vegas in 2012 and 2013.
“I‘m here to give the Rollers Party Rockin‘ vibes,” says Redfoo. “And to inspire them to take home the trophy! Yeahhhhhhh Baby!”
Tickets to see The Rollers with Redfoo are on sale at VegasRollersTennis.com for $19.50, $41.50 and $89.00 (inclusive of taxes and fees). A special VIP seating and custom dining experience
with unlimited, premium alcohol is also available for $199. In addition to the website, tickets may be purchased at all Boyd Gaming locations including Cannery, Sam‘s Town, Gold Coast,
Suncoast, Orleans, and Aliante.
For more information on the Vegas Rollers, or to see the entire schedule, visit VegasRollersTennis.com or https://www.wtt.com/schedule. Follow the Vegas Rollers on
social media at @VegasRollersWTT on Twitter and Instagram. For more information on World TeamTennis, please visit www.WTT.com.
What is World Team Tennis?
“If you have ever seen a WTT match you have seen my philosophy of life in action – men and women, competing together, on a team and both genders making equal contributions to the result.”
— WTT co-founder Billie Jean King
World TeamTennis showcases the best in professional tennis with the innovative team format co-founded by Billie Jean King in the 1970s. Recognized as the leader in professional team
tennis competition, WTT features many of the world’s best players competing annually for the King Trophy, the League’s championship trophy named after Bille Jean King.
Since the League’s debut, virtually every major champion of the Open era has played WTT, including Andre Agassi, Venus and Serena Williams, Pete Sampras, Stefanie Graf, Andy Roddick,
Kim Clijsters, Bob and Mike Bryan, Martina Hingis, Maria Sharapova, Lindsay Davenport, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Martina Navratilova, and Chris Evert.
Learn more about the history and league champions of World TeamTennis on the history page.
FAST FACTS
• Only professional sports league where men and women have equal roles.
• Pro tennis competition to regularly feature no-ad scoring – first to four points wins the game.
• On-court coaching.
• Invented use of Supertiebreaker and Extended Play in tennis.
• Fans are allowed to keep balls hit out of play.
• Matches have half-times, Extended Play, and Supertiebreakers.
• Player names on the back of their shirts.
• Matches are played on the League’s signature multi-colored courts.
• Use of instant replay technology in 2005 with Coaches Challenge.
• WTT crowds are encouraged to be vocal about great play (while still being respectful of all players) and are allowed to enter/exit the stadium during play without having to
wait for a changeover. Often, between games, music is played or a DJ fires up the crowd.
In a WTT match, each team is comprised of two men, two women, and a coach. Team matches consist of five sets, with one set each of men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s
doubles, and mixed doubles. The first team to reach five games wins each set. A nine-point tiebreaker is played if a set reaches four games all. One point is awarded for each game won
and scoring is cumulative. If necessary, Extended Play and a Supertiebreaker are played to determine the winner of the match.
• Scoring is no-ad (first team to win four points wins the game).
• Game scoring is 1, 2, 3, game.
• All games, sets, and Supertiebreakers are won by a margin of one point.
• Each game counts as one point in the team’s cumulative match score.
• The receiver has the choice from which side he/she will receive serve should the game
reach three points each. In mixed doubles, the serve is always gender-to-gender at 3-3.
• Teams change sides every four games.
• Let serves are played.
• The first team to reach five games wins a set. If the set is tied at 4-4, a 9-point tiebreaker
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