Nick Kyrgios required only 14 minutes to complete the match that had been interrupted by rain, and defeated Reilly Opelka on Friday 7-6(1), 6-2.
Saving energy was crucial for Kyrgios and other tennis players who played in high heat and humidity. in this hard court tournament that serves as preparation for the US Open.
the australian Kyrgios, finalist at the most recent edition of Wimbledon and champion of 2019 in Washington, He was scheduled to return to the court in the evening for a quarterfinal match against Frances Tiafoe, who grew up near the US capital in Maryland.
The friday activity in the afternoon it was suspended again for a electrical storm.
If the conditions improve, there are other tennis players who will play two games on Friday. One is the first seed Andrey Rublev, who came from a second-set tiebreak to beat 6-4, 7-6 (8) Maxime Cressy.
The Russian is looking for his fourth ATP title in the year, which would equal the Spaniards Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz with the highest figure. collide with the local JJ Wolf, who came to the tournament by invitation and advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time on tour, coming from behind to win 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 over Holger Rune.
another American, Sebastian Korda, advanced to the quarterfinals by beating the Bulgarian 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 Grigor Dimitrov (5to preclassified).
In the women’s branch, the veteran Victoria Azarenka (4th) support a first set of 80 minutes for beat Tereza Martincova 7-6 (7), 6-2, and the Estonian Kaia Kanepi (6ta) super a Anna Kalinskaya 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, in a duel that lasted two hours and 33 minutes.
Emma Raducanu, monarch of the US Open, had planned to face Lyudmila Samsonova Friday night. Later, Azarenka would play their second duel of the day, against Xiyu Wang.
