Kuznetsova Pulls Off Comeback to Win Citi Open

It seemed as if Vekic would win the match but Kuznetsova had other ideas. In the resulting fight-back, she saved four match points to take a tie-break victory in the second set.

The 33-year old Russian took capital advantage in the third set. She dominated her opponent to win 6-2 and earn her 18th career WTA singles title.

“In the second set, each of us holding serve, I was some match points down, I just managed to hang in there,” Kuznetsova said.

“I knew I was close, I could turn it around, but of course it was really tight in the second set. Then the third set, I felt [Vekic] was really down on herself and she was tired; I felt better and I found my game.”

The former World No.2 had slumped to a lowly 128th place in the rankings due to her injury-forced hiatus. But now, she has improved her position by jumping to 87th following her success in Washington.

Meanwhile, on the Men’s front, Alexander Zverev defeated Alex de Minaur to win in Washington. Zverev beat the 19-year-old Australian 6-2 6-4 to claim a third ATP title this year after wins in Munich and Madrid.

This tournament will serve as the perfect warm up for the US Open later this month. He said, “This match could be the final for the next 15 years so I hope you really enjoyed it,”