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Venus Williams, days after changing into the oldest participant to win a WTA Tour singles match in 21 years, misplaced within the second spherical of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Thursday in Washington.
The 45-year-old star fell 6-2, 6-2 to fifth-seeded Magdalena Frech of Poland.
Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, was competing on tour this week for the primary time since March 2024. She gave herself probabilities towards Frech however misplaced all 5 of her break-point alternatives.
Joining Frech within the quarterfinals is Canada’s Leylah Fernandez, who upset top-seeded Jessica Pegula of the United States 6-3, 1-6, 7-5. Both gamers are former U.S. Open finalists.
Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu defeated Japan’s Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-2 in a conflict of former U.S. Open winners. Osaka put simply 46 p.c of her first serves in play and dedicated seven double faults to Raducanu’s one.
In a matchup of U.S. gamers, Taylor Townsend downed sixth-seeded Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-0.
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Top-seeded Linda Noskova prevailed in a matchup of Czech Republic gamers, topping Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 within the quarterfinals at Prague.
Both gamers logged 10 double faults and simply two aces, however Noskova proved higher along with her second serve, profitable 49 p.c of her factors to Siniakova’s 30 p.c.
The day’s different winners have been additionally from the host nation. Fifth-seeded Marie Bouzkova outlasted ninth-seeded Ann Li of the United States 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, and Tereza Valentova routed France’s Jessika Ponchet 6-2, 6-0.
In the final quarterfinal, fourth-seeded Xinyu Wang led the Czech Republic’s Sara Bejlek 6-4 when play was halted after the primary set resulting from darkness.
–Field Level Media