Citi Open

After a strained calf three days before worsened into groin and left leg injuries, Andrew Fenty retired during a Citi Open qualifying match.

“I was playing really well (at the start),” Fenty said. “Andrew can be one of the best players in the country,” Steinberg said on Feb. 11. And while Fenty aspires to join Watanuki at that professional level, through four appearances at Citi Open, Fenty has failed to win a qualifying match — highlighting his struggles on the level above collegiate tennis. “My injury definitely sucked a little bit,” Fenty said. “I don’t think I’ve ever pulled out of a match before,” Fenty said. … I felt pretty good (during the match), definitely some discomfort though.”

Williams responded well to their energy in her first set of competitive singles tennis in nearly a year. On Marino's service game at 3-3, she broke the Canadian ...

“Haven’t played a singles match in a year, so definitely a great experience.” She only converted 43% of her first serves (13/30) and double-faulted six times in the set as her lead slipped away. But her troubles from the second set bled into the third, and Williams couldn’t steady her service game. Williams responded well to their energy in her first set of competitive singles tennis in nearly a year. Mistakes began to show up often in the second set. Just a little rusty,” Williams said following her match.

Simona Halep won her opening match at the Citi Open on Monday hours before another former No. 1-ranked women's player returned to singles action for the ...

On the men's side, Kyle Edmund defeated qualifier Yosuke Watanuki 6-4, 7-6 (8) to win his first ATP Tour-level singles match since October 2020. "There was long periods where I was just out, couldn't play, didn't pick a racket up. "I had a good run in Wimbledon, so it's always tough to start," Halep said of changing surfaces after the grass-court season.

ANDY MURRAY crashed out of the Citi Open in the first round with defeat to Mikael Ymer.

He could also play ATP 250 Winston-Salem Open (August 21-27) to help his chances of an automatic entry into the US Open draw. That's essentially why I am back and why I wanted to keep going: because I love the sport. He broke back in game five only to lose his serve the following game via a double fault. Ymer, 23, broke the Briton three times in the third set and the Swede - who had not played on a hard court since February before this - eventually won 7-6, 4-6, 6-1 in two hours and 50 minutes. I really want to keep going, but my body is telling me no." Yet the former world No 1 squandered four set points in a one-hour, 20-minute first set.

The tennis superstar scootered and danced around town, and faced off against sister Venus in a Citi Open practice session.

But she and Venus played in the District’s public courts as children, long before their practice match on Sunday, according to the Washington City Paper. When the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center in Ward 8 opened in 2001, both Serena and Venus were present, and on the center’s 10th anniversary they led a clinic for children. Serena, who is not from the area, may have acted tourist this weekend. Serena also toured Arlington, where she took a walk across the Memorial Bridge and got a bite at El Pollo Rico, the country’s oldest Peruvian charcoal-broiled rotisserie chicken joint. — Princess Against Education (@likethemovie19)July 31, 2022 — TennisONE (@TennisONEApp)July 31, 2022 — Citi Open (@CitiOpen)July 31, 2022

Simona Halep, a former top-ranked player, channeled her coach's voice to lock down a first-round win.

But I know now what I have to do. But she and Bucsa, 24, struggled to find the range on their groundstrokes and traded service breaks on a slew of unforced errors early. He tries to understand me because I think this is the main thing that I want from a coach — to understand me — because I am pretty emotional most of the time.” Just focus on what I have to do and be brave to do it — even if sometimes I miss.” But it was new for me as well, and I was not good enough.” “Calm down and just do what I have to do.

A knee injury kept former world number 14 men's tennis player Kyle Edmund off the ATP tour for 21 months. But on Monday in Washington, USA he was able to make a ...

Edmund was evidently rusty as he hit five double faults early in the match but he was able to break his opponent to go one set up. The more experienced 27-year-old Edmund is aiming to battle back to his best, which earned him a career-high ranking of 14 in 2018, the same year he reached the semi-final of the Australian Open. The Citi Open is a chance for players to tune up ahead of the 2022 US Open, and Edmund was taking on 24-year-old Watanuki, who has yet to get beyond the third round of a Grand Slam.

Former world No. 1 Andy Murray had four set points in an 80-minute first set but ran out of punches against Sweden's Mikael Ymer in a three-set match in the ...

“I started cramping at the end of the first set,” Murray said. Murray returned to the same spot, but Ymer was ready with a backhand winner to finish the set. Ymer sprinted out to a 4-0 lead and didn’t look back in his first win on a hard court since February. He was very solid from defensive positions and moved exceptionally well.” He would nearly match Ymer shot for shot before the Swede met a Murray drop shot with a backhand down the line. “I thought there was some good tennis in the first set.

The Canadian rallied from a set down and 4-1 down in the final set to score a full-circle victory over the former world No. 1.

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Venus Williams lost to Canadian Rebecca Marino on Monday in her return to singles play after nearly a year away, a defeat the seven-time Grand Slam champion ...

"There was long periods where I was just out, couldn't play, didn't pick a racket up... "It was disappointing, obviously," Murray said." "I think it was a real thrill for the crowd to see us hit together," Venus said. The level of the tennis was not great." "I had a good run in Wimbledon, so it's always tough to start," Halep said. I thought there was some good tennis in the first set.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion has been on hand to support big sister Venus while taking in some of the sites around the U.S. capital.

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Hyattsville native Francis Tiafoe is back once again at the Citi Open in the District, providing a week to catch up with family and friends and one he says ...

The Romanian and two-time Grand Slam champion was cruising to victory — up 5-2 in the deciding set — before rallying to hold on. In early first-round action on the women’s side of the draw Monday, top seed Jessica Pegula rolled to a straight-set victory over D.C. native Hailey Baptiste, 6-2, 6-2. The crowd is going to be with me. His run in Atlanta bumped him up to No. 27 in the ATP rankings, two spots shy of his career high of 25th from earlier this year. “Super excited to be back here,” Tiafoe told reporters ahead of the start of his singles play later this week. His father, who immigrated to Maryland in the 1990s to escape war-torn Sierra Leone, worked his way from helping to build College Park’s Junior Tennis Champions Center to becoming its head of maintenance. Make it a more normality,” Tiafoe said. His ATP Tour debut came at (where else?) this tournament in 2014. I’m serving much better,” Tiafoe said of his recent play. “It’s good and bad,” Tiafoe said. “I know everyone from [ Citi Open] credential people to media people, everyone. “Everyone wants me to do so well,” he continued.

Venus Williams was disappointed not to give the crowd the win they wanted on Monday after the former world number one suffered an opening round defeat at ...

But (it) doesn't always work out." That's just to be expected. Just trying to shake off some rust.

The Hyattsville native is back at the Citi Open, getting a week to catch up with family and friends during a tournament he says he has circled on his ATP Tour ...

The Romanian and two-time Grand Slam champion was cruising to victory — up 5-2 in the deciding set — before rallying to hold on. In early first-round action on the women’s side of the draw Monday, top seed Jessica Pegula rolled to a straight-set victory over D.C. native Hailey Baptiste, 6-2, 6-2. The crowd is going to be with me. His run in Atlanta bumped him up to No. 27 in the ATP rankings, two spots shy of his career high of 25th from earlier this year. “Super excited to be back here,” Tiafoe told reporters ahead of the start of his singles play later this week. His father, who immigrated to Maryland in the 1990s to escape war-torn Sierra Leone, worked his way from helping to build College Park’s Junior Tennis Champions Center to becoming its head of maintenance. Make it a more normality,” Tiafoe said. His ATP Tour debut came at (where else?) this tournament in 2014. I’m serving much better,” Tiafoe said of his recent play. “It’s good and bad,” Tiafoe said. “I know everyone from [ Citi Open] credential people to media people, everyone. “Everyone wants me to do so well,” he continued.

Simona Halep won her opening match at the Citi Open on Monday hours before another former No. 1-ranked women's player returned to singles action for the ...

The level of the tennis was not great." "I thought there was some good tennis in the first set. "I had a good run in Wimbledon, so it's always tough to start," Halep said.

Andy Murray loses first match of US hard-court swing as preparations for the US Open begin; Britains Jack Draper and Kyle Edmund win to reach second round; ...

Went off to change and cool off a little bit, and he recovered well for the third, whereas I didn't really. "For me, I know I've got the tennis," Draper said. "Actually in Newport I cramped right at the end of one of my matches there. Only 10 minutes had passed before Niculescu and Hradecka had made it three in a row before quickly winning a fourth. "I think he seemed like maybe he was cramping a little bit in the second set, but recovered absolutely fine after the break at the end of the [second] set. But [it] doesn't always work out." The level of the tennis was not great," Murray said. I think I've got a lot to improve still." I need to have a little look at that with my team and maybe see why that is, make a few changes." three in the tie-break, and didn't get it." I thought there was some good tennis in the first set. "Obviously had chances in the first set to close that out.

photo by Kyle "Dear PoPville, I was at the Citi Open yesterday (Sunday) in the Grandstand Court watching the Heather Watson match.

I was under the scoreboard (blonde ponytail, black US Open baseball hat), and you asked if you could “borrow some of my shade.” and sat down and we chatted a lot during the match. For those curious about past missed connections, many have been made and when possible I’ll try to update when/if more are made. Would enjoy meeting up again either there or elsewhere.”

Fresh off a semifinal finish in Atlanta, the American superstar is absorbing the sights and sounds of his favorite tournament ahead of his first round on ...

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The former world No. 1 typically opts for more conservative apparel, but showed off the results of a mid-season training bloc as she made a winning return ...

It’s a good thing as I look forward to more tournaments.” “It was a little difficult: a change of conditions, and we changed the surface,” she said in post-match press. News News News News

The British tennis player, who also suffered cramping in Newport last month, battled against the Swede in the American heat for two hours and 50 minutes and ...

I had chances in the first set to close that out. I thought there was some good tennis in the first set. Scheduling training more in the heat of the day at 1500 hrs or 1600 hrs rather than 1000 hrs when it’s not quite as humid, not quite as warm, not quite as helpful.

Tennis legend Venus Williams lost to Canadian Rebecca Marino in her return to singles play in Washington on Monday night.

That’s just to be expected. “I didn’t think I played well a lot of the times,” Williams said. Venus Williams dropped her first singles match back in nearly a year on Monday night at the Citi Open.

ANDY MURRAY was beaten in the first round of the Citi Open as he gears up to compete at Flushing Meadows later this month.

Despite the inevitable knock in confidence, Murray has not ruled out the prospect of being seeded at Flushing Meadows later this month. Actually in Newport I cramped right at the end of one of my matches there. "Obviously I had chances in the first set to close that out. "It was disappointing obviously," admitted Murray. "I thought there was some good tennis in the first set. Andy Murray plans to make changes with his team after crashing out of the Citi Open in the first round on Monday night. Murray and Ymer contested a thrilling match in Washington D.C., with the latter saving four set points to claim a marathon first set.