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Leylah Fernandez needed just 1 hour and 9 minutes to cruise past Anna Kalinskaya and win the Mubadala Citi DC Open title -- her first WTA 500 trophy.
Getty Alex de Minaur competes at the 2025 Barcelona Open. If Alex de Minaur wasn’t a professional tennis player, he would be a pro golfer, or so he says in his ATP Tour bio. The 2025 Mubadala Citi DC Open winner is an avid golfer, who often shares videos of himself attempting trick shots on Instagram.
Despite having to cut her historic return to WTA tournaments short, Venus Williams remained positive about her run.
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Washingtonian on MSN5 Players to Watch at the DC OpenThe qualifying rounds are over and the main draw is set at this week's Mubadala Citi DC Open. Held at the William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park, the annual tournament features ATP and WTA pros and kicks off the North American hardcourt season,
Venus Williams became the oldest woman to win a WTA tour-level singles match in 21 years on Tuesday, when she defeated 35th-ranked Peyton Stearns, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Tuesday evening.
From surviving three-hour duels to beating top seeds Jessica Pegula and Elena Rybakina, Leylah Fernandez’s DC run revealed a fighter ready for the hard-court summer.
Highlights of the Mubadala Citi DC Open Semi-final 2 match between Anna Kalinskaya and Emma Raducanu taking place at the Rock Creek Park Tennis Center Washington
Top seed Taylor Fritz romped into the last 16 at the ATP/WTA DC Open on Wednesday as Russian eighth seed Daniil Medvedev overcame an early scare to advance to the third round.