Zverev, de Minaur to duel in Citi Open final
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Alexander Zverev is back in the final at the Citi Open.
The defending champion beat 10th-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinals on Saturday. The top-seed is looking to become the first back-to-back winner of the hardcourt US Open tuneup since Argentina鈥檚 Juan Martin del Potro in 2008 and 2009.
Zverev has won 15 of 17 career matches in Washington.
鈥淚鈥檓 playing great here,鈥 the German said. 鈥淗opefully, I can continue to do so (on Sunday) and hopefully in the next few years, as well.鈥
Zverev will face Alex de Minaur in the final after the unseeded Aussie beat Russia鈥檚 Andrey Rublev 5-7, 7-6 (8), 6-4 in the other semifinal. De Minaur reached the semis when former No. 1 Andy Murray of Britain withdrew from the waterlogged tournament, citing fatigue.
At 21, Zverev was the oldest player in the semifinals along with the 19-year-old Tsitsipas and de Minaur and 20-year-old Rublev. Zverev joked after advancing, 鈥淚 think I鈥檓 the only one that鈥檚 allowed to buy a drink in the US, right?鈥
Russia鈥檚 Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Germany鈥檚 Andrea Petkovic 6-2, 6-2 to reach the women鈥檚 final. The 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open winner will face seventh-seeded Donna Vekic of Croatia as she looks for her 18th WTA title.
Vekic saw off unseeded Zheng Saisai of China 7-5, 6-3 in the semifinals.
Zheng brushed aside American qualifier Allie Kiick 6-3, 6-1 in the quarterfinals as she and Rublev were forced to play twice on Saturday due to rain delays.
Rublev beat local product Denis Kudla 6-1, 6-4 before losing in three sets to de Minaur.
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