Sacramento Capitals marquee player, Mardy Fish, the top ranked American at No. 9 in the world, cancelled his appearance at the Capitals home match Friday night against the Newport Beach Breakers. Friday was scheduled to be his only appearance for the Capitals this season. 29 year old Fish has suffered from an abdominal muscle injury for weeks, since the first round of the French Open. He was reinjured Sunday during the Davis Cup Quarterfinals loss against Spain.   Despite the absence of Fish, the Capitals managed a 13-9 halftime lead, winning the men’s singles and women’s doubles, but losing the men’s doubles. The second half saw Anne Koethavong of the Breakers easily defeat Capital Vania

Serena Williams showed her championship style before a sold-out World Team Tennis crowd at the 2500-seat Sacramento Capitals stadium on Saturday night. The 13-time Grand Slam singles champion helped lead the Washington Kastles to a 21-18 come from behind victory over the Capitals. The evening started out rough for the 29-year-old Williams along with her mixed-doubles partner Leander Paes who quickly got behind to veteran Capitals player Mark Knowles and newcomer 23-year-old, Elk Grove resident, Yasmin Schnack. In the fifth game of the set, as the home crowd chanted Yasmin, Yasmin…, Schnack aced the 4-time Wimbledon champion on game point to go ahead 3-2 in the set, and later pounded a ret