The clamour before the final of the DC Open in Washington was about a potential Emma Raducanu v Leylah Fernandez US Open re-run and the Brit potentially winning her first title since but it is

Despite having to cut her historic return to WTA tournaments short, Venus Williams remained positive about her run.

Top seed Taylor Fritz romped into the last 16 at the ATP/WTA DC Open on Wednesday as Russian eighth seed Daniil Medvedev overcame an early scare to advance to the third round.Fritz was always in control of his game against the current world 105 Vukic,

The qualifying rounds are over and the main draw is set at this week's Mubadala Citi DC Open. Held at the William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park, the annual tournament features ATP and WTA pros and kicks off the North American hardcourt season,

US top seed Taylor Fritz dropped an early Saturday morning marathon to Spain's Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina while Britain's Emma Raducanu and Canada's Leylah Fernandez reached the semi-finals of the ATP and WTA DC Open.

After defying the adage of age in the DC Open, Venus Williams was eliminated in the second round of the doubles tournament

Venus Williams became the oldest woman to win a WTA tour-level singles match in 21 years on Tuesday, when she defeated 35th-ranked Peyton Stearns, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Tuesday evening.

Williams owns a record of 818-278 throughout her lengthy WTA Tour singles career, winning 49 singles titles. She emerged victorious at Wimbledon five times, with her two other Grand Slam wins occurring at the U.S. Open.

The journey of Emma Raducanu and Elena Rybakina in the DC Open doubles came to an end after the unprecedented pairing retired during their semifinal match against Taylor Townsend and Shuai Zhang.