The Capitals Come Home to Sunrise Mall

Sacramento, Calif. (February 15, 2011) –With third pick in the first round of the WTT MarqueeDraft, the Sacramento Capitals selected top American Mardy Fish to play for the SacramentoCapitals in the 2011 Season of the WTT Pro League presented by GEICO. Serena Williams ofthe Washington Kastles will also be playing one match against the Capitals in Sacramento thissummer.

The Capitals also announced the team is returning to their former home at the Sunrise Mall inCitrus Heights beginning this summer. “We are very excited to bring the Capitals back to theSunrise Mall and the City of Citrus Heights. The Capitals established themselves as a winningfranchise here and we have our sights set high for this season,” said Matt McEvoy, GeneralManager.

The Capitals won one of their six WTT World Championships at the Sunrise Mall location in2002. Christi Woodards, General Manager for the Sunrise Mall said of the return, “The Capitalsbroke World TeamTennis’ attendance records during their previous tenure at SunriseMarketplace/Sunrise Mall and we hope to make that happen again!”McEvoy said acquiring Fishwas one of the team’s first steps toward getting the Capitals back in contention for the WTT title.

Currently ranked 17th in the ATP World Tour rankings, Fish won back-to-back titles in 2010 inAtlanta and Newport, as well as two doubles titles in 2010 and 2009 respectively with Capitalsstar Mark Knowles. Fish’s career is also highlighted with a Silver Medal in the 2002 BeijingOlympics. He has won five singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and is a sixtimeU.S. Davis Cup team member.

Serena Williams will be playing in the Sacramento area for the first time in her WTT career.The former No. 1 player will come to Citrus Heights with the Washington Kastles, the 2009WTT Champions. Williams has won 27 career Grand Slam Titles including 13 singleschampionships, 12 in women’s doubles, and two in mixed doubles. Williams won her 4thconsecutive and 12th overall Grand Slam doubles title at the 2010 French Open with her sisterand Kastles’ teammate Venus Williams. She won her 13th Grand Slam singles title atWimbledon in 2010 but has been out recently due to a foot injury. Williams is expected to returnto the court this spring.

McEvoy said the team is in negotiations to re-sign its roster team from last year which includedveteran Mark Knowles, 2010 Grand Slam champion Vania King and doubles standout Dusan Vemic.Capitals Season Tickets and Exclusive Individual Match Presale Tickets will be availablethrough the team office at 916.488.5000 starting February 21, 2011.

Capitals Media Contact: Matt McEvoy, General Manager 916.488.5000mcevoym1@gmail.com

Sunrise Mall Media Contact: Christi Woodards 916.728.1916cwoodards@steadfastcompanies.com

Sunrise Marketplace Media Contact: Kathilynn Carpenter 916.536.9267kathilynn@sunrisemarketplace.com

Front Office and Ticket Sales Contact: Sydney Allen 916.488-5000 or tickets atwww.gocaps.net

About World TeamTennis presented by GEICO:The 36th season of the World TeamTennis Pro League presented by GEICO begins on Monday,July 4, with 66 matches played between July 4-24. The regular season will run July 4-21 in 10U.S. markets, with the WTT Conference Championships set for July 22 and the WTT Finalspresented by GEICO on July 24.

Team rosters will be completed on Tuesday, March 15, when the 2011 WTT Roster Player Draft isconducted. With WTT’s gender-balanced team concept, each team is comprised of two men, twowomen and a coach. Team matches consist of five events, with one set each of men´s singles,women´s singles, men´s doubles, women´s doubles and mixed doubles.

About the Sacramento Capitals:The Sacramento Capitals are one of the most successful franchises in the World Team Tennis(WTT) Pro League presented by GEICO, having won six championships. In its 25-year history, thefranchise has brought numerous tennis stars to the Sacramento area including Andre Agassi, MartinaNavratilova, Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Lindsay Davenport, Jana Novotna, VenusWilliams, Martina Hingis, Andy Roddick and Pete Sampras.

For more information about the Sacramento Capitals or to purchase tickets to a match, pleasevisit www.gocaps.net.