 Marcus Willis won the men's singles set in a tiebreaker to send the match to extended play with the Lasers leading 21–18.After Willis won the first game of extended play, Benjamin Becker won the second to secure a 22–19 victory for the Lasers that gave the Empire WTT's worst record in 2016.As an expansion team, the Empire was assigned the middle draft position closest to the first draft position, since there was an even number of teams in the league.