Washington and other tournaments ATP and WTA 21st-27th July 2025

Emma into the semis after beating Maria Sakkari!

Emma did have a good record with Sakkari but still impressive , she was 5-2 down in the 2nd but won the last five games in 6-4,7-5 win, well done!

Emma lost 6-4 6-3 in the semis.

A disappointment but seems Emma's serve faultered at a crucial stage in the first and Kalinskaya generally overpowered her. still a good run which she can hopefully build on. Leyla Fernandez earlier reached the final over Rybakina 6-7,7-6,7-6 in a lengthy encounter.

The Mens final will be between De Minaur who beat Moutet 6-4,6-3 and Davidovich Fokina who got past Shelton 6-2,7-5. Moutet had put out Medvedev in the quarters whilst Davidovich Fokina upset the top seed Taylor Fritz.

Despite the loss Emma is now up to 33 in the live WTA rankings.
Which gives her a chance of being seeded at the US Open.
If she can get a couple of Rounds under her belt in Montreal that would be a great help forward.

In Montreal R1 (R128) she is drawn against Gabriela Ruse (ROU) who is currently ranked #56 (CH51).
Aged 27, the No2 Roumanian player won her first, and only, WTA title in 2021
Be interesting to see how Emma, who is half Roumanian, play against Gabriela.

Fran Jones has just won the WTA 125 in Palermo and moves to a new career high ranking of 84!

Fantastic win for Fran!
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Brilliant win for Fran. :cheer:


Also George Loffhagen reached his first Challenger Tour final, losing 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 against Spain's Nicolas Alvarez Varona in Segovia. A close scoreline.

Alex De Minaur took the Washington title but had to dig deep as Davidovich Fokinaserved for match at 5-3 and had 3 champion points,Alex prevailed 5-7,6-1,7-6(7-3) -well done!

By contrast Fernandez breezed past Kalinskaya 6-1,6-2. Still a boost for Layla!

Well done Fran,great stuff! Pity George just missed out but a good week for him.

Well done Alex. :clap: