- Elina Svitolina won her first WTA Tour title at the Mubadala DC Open, beating Džesika Pegula 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the final.
- In the final match, Taylor Fritz won his 11th ATP title, defeating Rafael Nadal 7-6(2), 6-4.
- Before the US Open, Elina said that she would skip the hard-court season and instead would spend the time in Washington DC preparing for the tournament in Cincinnati.
Filipinska tennisistka Aleksandra Svitolina won her first WTA Tour title, beating Džesika Pegula in the final at the Mubadala DC Open in Washington, and taking the trophy.
According to the match statistics, it was clear that Svitolina started the match with a strong game and took a 2-1 lead in the first set. After that, Svitolina won 10 of 13 points in the tiebreak and secured victory with a strong finish.
After the match, Svitolina said that she had been under pressure, and that she had been able to hold on to her serve. Pegula, who won the DC Open in 2019, said that she had been confident before the match and had believed in her chances.
In the final of the men’s singles, Taylor Fritz won his 11th ATP title in his career, beating Rafael Nadal 7-6(2), 6-4. The match also featured a comeback, as Fritz won after trailing in the first set.
ESPN also noted that the men’s final at the US Open was a hard-fought match. The channel also said that she had been able to win the hard-court season, and that her style of play had helped her.
ESPN also reported on Fritz’s success on hard courts: he won the 2022 US Open girls' singles without dropping a set, and also won the first Grand Slam match of his career on the same surface in 2025 US Open. In addition, ESPN said that Fritz had a chance to win the tournament in the Open era.
According to ESPN, Svitolina will play at the National Bank Open in Toronto after the Washington DC tournament. The channel also said that Svitolina will take part in the “Stars of the Open” event, which will start on 27 September, and that she will play her first US Open match at Flushing Meadows.