STARNBERG, July 29, 2019 World No. 4 Dominic Thiem will look to finish the clay-court season on a high note this week at the Generali Open, an ATP 250 event in Kitzbühel. The top-seeded Austrian will go for his second […]
WASHINGTON, June 19, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) This summer’s Citi Open will feature four Top-10 men’s players plus 2017 U.S. Open women’s champion Sloane Stephens. Fans who flock to the Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Northwest Washington, D.C. from […]
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) On Tuesday, local venture capitalist Mark Ein, who also owns the Washington Kastles and has a majority stake in World TeamTennis, was named manager and operator of the Citi Open, the ATP’s last-remaining […]
WASHINGTON, August 8, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) In art and poetry, the German writer and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said, personality is everything. Perhaps, after watching Alexander Zverev last week, tennis should be added to that list, too. […]
WASHINGTON, August 6, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Top seed Alexander Zverev successfully defended his Citi Open men’s singles title, battling both the summer heat and rising ATP star Alex de Minaur in tandem, en route to winning his ninth career […]
WASHINGTON, August 5, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) As the Citi Open enjoyed its best weather all week on Saturday – 87-degrees Fahrenheit (30,5 degrees Celsius) with partly sunny skies and zero rain – all around, the men’s ATP 500 series […]
WASHINGTON, August 4, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) After a week of rain wreaking havoc to the Citi Open schedule that’s been punctuated by numerous weather delays, in which playing past midnight has been the norm and not the exception, perhaps […]
WASHINGTON, August 3, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) The best part of the first-ever meeting in an ATP match between the Zverev brothers – Sascha and Mischa – was the hug that came at the end of Sascha’s 6-3, 7-5 victory […]
WASHINGTON, August 2, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) All second-round men’s singles matches in the Citi Open were on Wednesday’s order of play as all 16 seeds faced their first opponents. It meant a delightful choice of tennis matches for fans […]
WASHINGTON, August 1, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) After a tentative opening set in which she rallied from 2-5 down and fought off four set points, No. 2 seed Sloane Stephens gained momentum during a seven-game run in her first-round match […]
