Andy Murray, John Isner In Action Today In Washington; Marin Cilic Wins At 2:30am
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The US Open summer swing gets into high gear today as Andy Murray and John Isner open play in Washington.
Murray, who hasn’t played in Washington since his 2006 final run, meets Teymuraz Gabashvili. The 28-year-old Murray is playing in his first tournament since reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon where he lost to Roger Federer. The following weekend he helped his country to a 3-1 Davis Cup quarterfinal victory over France by accounting for all three wins (two singles, one doubles). Murray has reached QF or better 10 times this year with three titles.
Isner, who just won a third straight Atlanta title, faces 35-year-old Victor Estrella Burgos. The 30-year-old American is a two-time Washington finalist – 2007 (l. to Roddick) and 2013 (l. to del Potro).
Also in action today are Richard Gasquet, 2004 winner Lleyton Hewitt, Kevin Anderson and Grigor Dimitrov who plays first match since his split with coach Roger Rasheed.
The women are also in Washington with Sam Stosur and Alize Cornet headlining.
Yesterday, top draws Kei Nishikori, Marin Cilic, Vasek Pospisil, Sam Querrey and Jack Sock were all winners as seeds went 5-0 on a rainy Tuesday.
Due to earlier rain delays, Cilic didn’t finish his match with 19-year-old Hyeon Chung until almost 2:30am. But the US Open champion prevailed 7-6, 6-3.
“He’s had a great year this year. He went through Challengers very quickly and into the Top 100. The first time playing him wasn’t easy and he’s a great counter-puncher and moves well on the court,” Cilic said. “Today the conditions were very humid so it wasn’t easy to play and to put the ball away but the key part was for me was to come back in that first set, to get that break back and win the first set. After that I got momentum going and the tennis was a good quality in the second set.”
Sloane Stephens, Cristina McHale and Ekatarina Makarova were among the many winners in the women’s draw.
WEDNESDAY WASHINGTON SCHEDULE
STADIUM COURT start 1:50 pm
WTA – I. Falconi (USA) vs [2] S. Stosur (AUS)
Not Before 4:00 pm
ATP – [7] F. Lopez (ESP) vs [WC] L. Hewitt (AUS)
Not Before 5:30 pm
ATP – V. Estrella Burgos (DOM) vs [8] J. Isner (USA)
Not Before 7:30 pm
ATP – [1] A. Murray (GBR) vs T. Gabashvili (RUS)
ATP – [4] R. Gasquet (FRA) vs G. Muller (LUX)
GRANDSTAND 1 start 2:15 pm
WTA – [5] A. Cornet (FRA) vs [WC] L. Chirico (USA)
Not Before 4:00 pm
ATP – [11] B. Tomic (AUS) vs S. Johnson (USA)
Not Before 5:30 pm
ATP – [Q] G. Pella (ARG) vs [6] G. Dimitrov (BUL)
ATP – [5] K. Anderson (RSA) vs A. Zverev (GER)
ATP – A. Dolgopolov (UKR) vs [10] I. Karlovic (CRO)
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