Tennis returns to MSG after six years with the Garden Cup
The world’s greatest sporting arena Madison Square Garden, hosted a men’s and women’s exhibition presented by Legends Team Cup. Each match consisted of three sets, the decider if needed, a 7-point tiebreak. To speed up proceedings, no-ad scoring was utilized, with the receiver choosing where to receive.
The Garden Cup, to the delight of the sold-out crowd, runneth over with power, variety, and frivolity. The women’s match featured two top-ten American stars: Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro.
Pegula ranked #7 and from Buffalo, New York had a stellar season defending her title at the WTA 1000 event in Toronto and reaching her first grand slam final at the US Open. Emma Navarro a native New Yorker, won her first career title in Hobart at the start of the season and cracked the top-ten at #8 following her remarkable run to the US Open semis. They met once on Tour at the…
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