Will a star like Felix Auger-Aliassime or Andy Murray emerge from the Mubadala Citi DC Open as champion?

The previous High 10 gamers, who practised collectively on Saturday, will attempt to make a splash at this week’s ATP 500 in the USA’ capital. The pair can not meet within the draw till the championship match.

Auger-Aliassime is the third seed and can face a gap check towards reigning Dallas Open champion Wu Yibing or Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki. This would be the Canadian’s third look in Washington, having misplaced within the third spherical in 2019 and 2021.

The 22-year-old, at present No. 12 within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, was upset within the first spherical at each Roland Garros and Wimbledon and might be eager to seek out his type this week. 

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Former World No. 1 Murray has extra expertise in Washington, having tallied a 7-3 report on the occasion. The Scot first competed within the match in 2006, earlier than the creation of the ATP 500 collection.

That yr, Murray defeated a collection of notable opponents — Feliciano Lopez, Mardy Fish and Dmitry Tursunov amongst them — en path to the ultimate, which he misplaced to Arnaud Clement. The Scot in 2018 even performed a match on the Mubadala Citi DC Open that ended after 3 a.m.

One yr on from a first-round exit in Washington, the fifteenth seed will open towards Atlanta finalist Aleksandar Vukic or 2022 Subsequent Gen ATP Finals champion Brandon Nakashima. He might face high seed Taylor Fritz within the third spherical.