Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios needed 14 minutes to complete his rain-delayed City Open match against Reilly Opelka, efficiently registering a 7-6(1), 6-2 win on Friday.
Saving energy was key for Kyrgios and others playing in hot, humid conditions in the hard-court US Open tuneup. In Washington, 2019 champion Kyrgios was to return to the court late Friday for a quarterfinal match against Frances Tiafoe, who grew up outside the nation’s capital in Maryland.
The game was postponed again on Friday afternoon due to a lightning strike, delaying the start of the evening match.
Top seed Andrey Rublev won two matches, rallying in a second-set tiebreak to beat Maxim Cressey 6-4, 7-6 (8) in the afternoon and then 6-2, 6-2, over American wild card JJ Wolf. defeated 6-3. To reach the semi-finals in the evening.
The Russians are seeking their fourth ATP title this year, which will attract them the most in 2022, along with Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.
After going 5-3 in the second-set tiebreak against Cressey, Rublev used his reflexes to lob back an overhead smash by Cressey, who had missed wide.
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“In my mind, the second set was done and I will do my best to finish the second set and I will fight for the third,” Rublev said.
On the women’s side, fourth-seeded veteran Victoria Azarenka struggled in her second match of the day, losing 6-1, 6-3 to 95th-ranked Ziyu Wang. Azarenka defeated Tereza Martinkova 7-6 (7), 6-2 in the first set of 80 minutes on Friday.
World No. 88 Daria Saville of Australia also entered the semi-finals with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Rebecca Marino. Sixth seed Kaya Kanepi defeated Anna Kalinskaya 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3 in a match that lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes.
US Open champion Emma Raduknau was to face Lyudmila Samsonova for a place in the final on Friday night.
In other men’s action, 96th-ranked Yoshihito Nishioka defeated Daniel Evans 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-5.
10th seed Tiafo defeated eighth seed Botic van de Zandschulp 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Another American Sebastian Korda defeated fifth seed Grigor Dimitrov 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals. Korda faces Mikel Yammer late Friday night.
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