Will a star like Felix Auger-Aliassime or Andy Murray emerge from the Mubadala Citi DC Open as champion?
The former Top 10 gamers, who practised collectively on Saturday, will attempt to make a splash at this week’s ATP 500 within the United States’ capital. The pair can not meet within the draw till the championship match.
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Auger-Aliassime is the third seed and can face a gap take a look at towards reigning Dallas Open champion Wu Yibing or Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki. This would be the Canadian’s third look in Washington, having misplaced within the third spherical in 2019 and 2021.
The 22-year-old, presently No. 12 within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, was upset within the first spherical at each Roland Garros and Wimbledon and will likely be eager to search out his type this week.
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Former World No. 1 Murray has extra expertise in Washington, having tallied a 7-3 report on the occasion. The Scot first competed within the match in 2006, earlier than the creation of the ATP 500 sequence.
That yr, Murray defeated a sequence of notable opponents — Feliciano Lopez, Mardy Fish and Dmitry Tursunov amongst them — en path to the ultimate, which he misplaced to Arnaud Clement. The Scot in 2018 even performed a match on the Mubadala Citi DC Open that ended after 3 a.m.
One yr on from a first-round exit in Washington, the fifteenth seed will open towards Atlanta finalist Aleksandar Vukic or 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals champion Brandon Nakashima. He may face high seed Taylor Fritz within the third spherical.
Source: www.atptour.com