![]() ![]() ![]() The 23-year-old Samsonova is seeking her second WTA singles title. In the final, Kanepi will face 60th-ranked Liudmila Samsonova, who breezed past Xiyun Wang 6-1, 6-1. She plans to play two more hard-court tournaments before the U.S. Kanepi’s match record this year is 19-10, her most victories since 2013, and she is ranked No. I actually didn’t put any pressure on myself to achieve something special.” “But I played really well, and then I continued playing well. I thought it’s not just my place,” said Kanepi, who previously reached the quarterfinals in the other three Grand Slam tournaments. I never thought I would make quarters in Australia. But she has enjoyed a resurgence this year, reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, and credits smart scheduling for her continued good form. Kanepi, a 37-year-old from Estonia, won the last of her four WTA titles in 2013 in Brussels. In the final, Kyrgios will face a surprising opponent in 96th-ranked Yoshihito Nishioka, who ousted top-seeded and eighth-ranked Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-4. Kyrgios won at Washington in 2019, the most recent of his six ATP titles. 63 in the rankings but would move to 37th if he takes the title on Sunday. But it was a tough-fought semifinal and I’m just happy to be in the final once again.” “Maybe next time I might have a couple different tactics when I play him, maybe not to try and out-rally him, maybe come forward a little bit more. “He’s an incredible athlete and I really wasn’t expecting him to be that fast,” Kyrgios said. In the second set, Krygios secured the only service break of the match on a cross-court half-volley from no-man’s land to move ahead 5-3. He won an uncharacteristic 24-shot rally on Ymer’s serve to go ahead 5-4 in the first-set tiebreak and served it out from there. ![]() Kyrgios, the runner-up at Wimbledon to Novak Djokovic, has adjusted well to the hot, humid conditions at this hard-court U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) - Nick Kyrgios found the consistency that has long eluded him, reaching a second consecutive tournament final for the first time in his career with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory over Mikael Ymer at the Citi Open on Saturday night. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. To use TennisLink, cookies must be enabled in the user's browser.This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. In the future, you can jump straight to this tournament by entering the tournament identification number: 300069817 from the searchable schedule homepage. Only USTA members can register online if available. Entries must be submitted by Monday, J11:59:00 PM Eastern Time. Entry TypeĮntry to this tournament is open to specified residents only. Players are selected manually by the tournament director after the close of registration. Men and Women Finalists each receive two reserved seats to the Citi In addition, both champions willĮach receive two box seats to the Citi Open Finals (Sunday, August Men and Women Champions receives a Singles Qualifying Wild Card Mid-Atlantic region for five (5) consecutive months before the Mid-Atlantic region (DC,VA,MD,WV) and must have resided in the Method of seeding will be used, including Rankings, UTR/NTRP,Īll participants must maintain a current residence address in the Main Draw singles (men and women) tournaments. (Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, July 30) of the 2017 Citi Open Receive a Wild Card into the singles qualifying competition ![]() The winner of the men and women singles competition will This tournament is a fully sanctioned USTA/Mid-Atlantic AdultĮvent. Tennis Center on 16th Street (site of the Citi Open Tournament). The Citi Open Wild Card Challenge will be held at the Rock Creek Men and women including: Juan Martin Del Potro, Gael Monfils, John Your chance to win a wild card to compete against the world's best Match Schedule Info - Match Schedule InfoĪt the Rock Creek Tennis Center (Citi Open) ![]()
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