 Following the Empire's road victory over the Washington Kastles the previous evening, Andy Roddick made his Empire debut in a rematch with the Kastles at home on August 9, 2016.Roddick and Neal Skupski opened the match by taking the men's doubles set in a tiebreaker after both teams held all their service games.Madison Brengle's 5–0 set win over Christina McHale put the Kastles in front, 9–5.