Mubadala DC Open, Washington, USA - ATP 500

[MargaretMcAleer]

Cruz Hewitt Q won his first ATP tour match against Q Giron 63 64, this win will take Hewitt from #605 to #365 and will face the winner of de Minaur v Tsitsipas

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Matches have resumed

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Q Damm Jr won the 2nd set against Shelton 64
Going 3 sets
Down a break in the 3rd set, Shelton gets the break back, breaks again to win 64 and escapes not going out in a first round tournament again

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Due to the rain delay the match between de Minaur v Tsitsipas has been cancelled, all remaining doubles matches have also been cancellede, revised order of play for Wednesday will be available a bit later as the womens match is the next scheduled match on stadium court

 

[britbox]

Cruz Hewitt Q won his first ATP tour match against Q Giron 63 64, this win will take Hewitt from #605 to #365 and will face the winner of de Minaur v Tsitsipas

Young Cruz's debut win:

 

[britbox]

Day 2 Highlights

 

[britbox]

Top Seed (and defending champ) De Minaur takes out Tsitsipas in a hard fought three setter.

 

[britbox]

Day 3 Highlights

 

[El Dude]

Cruz Hewitt looks like a player who will be easy to root against, with that douche-y hair-do.

 

[El Dude]

Also, Cruz Hewitt is about to face a lesser version of his dad (Demon).

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

I think Kei, at his best, was better than Dimitrov or Raonic, the "Little Three" of Lost Gen (if we count Thiem as Next Gen). The big titles are spread thin with that group: Among players born 1989-92, only Dimitrov (2), Sock (1), and Carreno Busta (1) won big titles. Thiem (93) won two, no one from 94, Norrie (1) from '95, then it is the heart of Next Gen in 96-97 with a bunch of big title winners.

The 1994 cohort has to be the worst ever for men's tennis. I can't think of any other birth year that comes close.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Lets remember that Cruz Hewitt was given a qualifying wild card into Washington he also benefited from 2 successive mid match retirements that assisted him into the main draw, still he did have a good 1st round match win, he has met his match in de Minaur whose game against Tsistipas I would rather forget period.
Okay de Minaur serving for the 1st set 5-0 and Cruz broke him, a more respectable score line than being beaten 6-0 in the 1st set
de Minaur Hewitt 62 63

 

[britbox]

Lets remember that Cruz Hewitt was given a qualifying wild card into Washington he also benefited from 2 successive mid match retirements that assisted him into the main draw, still he did have a good 1st round match win, he has met his match in de Minaur whose game against Tsistipas I would rather forget period.
Okay de Minaur serving for the 1st set 5-0 and Cruz broke him, a more respectable score line than being beaten 6-0 in the 1st set
de Minaur Hewitt 62 63

 

[britbox]

Washington Day 4 Highlights

 

[El Dude]

The 1994 cohort has to be the worst ever for men's tennis. I can't think of any other birth year that comes close.

I have a massive chart that shows the results of about the 200 best players of the Open Era, from 1968 to the present. I don't have any 1994 players on there. I suppose the best one I can think of was probably Lucas Pouille, who won five titles and reached #10, and one Slam SF. His peak was 2016-19 when he mostly in the top 30. 1992 is pretty bad as well, but at least it has Jack Sock.

 

[britbox]

Washington QFs

 

[britbox]

Highlights - Washington Semis

Fritz d. Nakashima 6-3 3-6 6-3

Jodar d. Tabilo 6-7 6-4 6-4