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Young guns were firing at the Citi Open in Washington on Monday, with rising stars Hyeon Chung and Alexander Zverev advancing to the second round.
Mardy Fish and Grigor Dimitrov saved two match points in a 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 10-8 win over former Wimbledon winners Jack Sock and Vasek Pospisil at the Citi Open on Monday. Fish, who is set to retire after the US Open, reached the quarter-finals of Atlanta with Andy Roddick last week.
Fresh from his win at the BB&T Open in Atlanta, Citi Open’s eighth seed John Isner took a trip to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington on Monday.
In what could potentially be the last match victory of his career, Mardy Fish teamed up with Grigor Dimitrov to pull off a substantial doubles upset on Monday at the Citi Open.
World No. 3 and Citi Open top seed Andy Murray enjoyed a private tour of the White House complex Saturday in Washington, D.C. but left without discovering any of its little-discussed underground tunnels.
Austrian wild card Dennis Novak scored his first ATP World Tour match win on his home soil at the Generali Open in Kitzbühel on Monday. The 21 year old, who is coached by top seed Dominic Thiem’s father, Wolfgang Thiem, beat Aljaz Bedene 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-1 in two hours and 11 minutes.
John Isner is now a back-to-back-to-back champion of the BB&T Atlanta Open after cruising past a hobbled Marcos Baghdatis 6-3, 6-3 in Sunday's final. Isner fired 13 aces without double-faulting, served at 72 percent, and lost a minuscule three points in nine service games.
Washington, D.C. is actually no longer part of the U.S. Open Series, so it would not be accurate to say that said series is going to heat up this week. But it is true that the American hard-court swing is taking its talents to new heights starting on Monday.
Americans Bob and Mike Bryan defeated Colin Fleming of Great Britain and Gilles Muller of Luxembourg in the final of the BB&T Atlanta Open 4-6, 7-6(2), 10-4 on Sunday. With the win, the Bryans secured their 107th title and fourth of the year (Delray Beach, Miami and Monte-Carlo).
American John Isner swept aside Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in the final of the BB&T Atlanta Open 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday, winning the tournament for the third year in a row.
Top seed Rafael Nadal beat Fabio Fognini 7-5, 7-5 to win the bet-at-home Open in Hamburg on Sunday. The Spaniard improved to 67-29 in ATP World Tour finals as he exacted revenge on the Italian, who defeated him twice this year in Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona.
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Mylan World TeamTennis’ historic 40th season closed out today with the Washington Kastles making history of their own by winning a record fifth consecutive championship title with a 24-18 victory over the Austin Aces in Washington DC.
CINCINNATI / The Western & Southern Open will release Grounds Pass tickets to select day sessions beginning at 10AM on Saturday, August 1, available on Ticketmaster. This marks the first time the event has released grounds passes this early.
After receiving first-round byes in Saturday’s first round, all 32 seeds in the Girls’ 16s division of the USTA Girls’ 16s & 18 National Championships will play their opening-round matches on Sunday at the Barnes Tennis Center.
Tennis fans were treated to an entertaining day on Saturday at the BB&T Atlanta Open. The result should be something similar on championship Sunday.
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