Wednesday, May 29

Sakkari, Keys spotlight newest spherical of Mubadala Citi DC Open participant commitments

The Mubadala Citi DC Open introduced the majority of it’s fundamental draw fields Thursday, practically filling out the roster of gamers coming to the District later this month.

The newly-announced gamers embrace 5 extra of the WTA’s top-20 and eight extra of the ATP’s prime 50. On the ladies’s facet, that features world No. 8 Maria Sakkari, defending D.C. champion Liudmila Samsonova, American and seven-time ATP winner Madison Keys, and former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova.

For the lads, six-time ATP winner Hubert Hurkacz, 2022 D.C. finalist and former Washington Kastle Yoshihito Nishioka, and Americans Sebastian Korda, Christopher Eubanks, and J.J. Wolf are all becoming a member of the Washington area.



Those names come along with a gaggle of headliners introduced final month, together with ATP No. 2 Daniil Medvedev, Hyattsville’s Francis Tiafoe, American Taylor Fritz, defending males’s champion Nick Kyrgios, WTA No. 3 Jessica Pegula and WTA No. 6 Coco Gauff.

A complete of 48 males and 32 girls will compete within the singles attracts. Additional gamers will be a part of the primary attracts by way of wild card entry, which the match will announce within the coming weeks. 

The occasion, held July 29- Aug. 6 in Rock Creek Park, lately mixed with the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic to create the Mubadala Citi DC Open. It is the one mixed 500-level ATP and WTA occasion on the planet.

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