Stefanos Tsitsipas, Daniil Medvedev, Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger Aliassime will be part of a rather strong roaster that will (hopefully) compete in Washington next months.
It’s interesting to notice that last year’s champion Nick Kyrgios is not in the preliminary list as the Australian has multiple times criticized tennis for coming back during the pandemic.
Daniil Medvedev (the 2019 runner-up) and Stefanos Tsitsipas will probably be the top favorites and both have repeatedly confirmed their participation in the North American swing.
However, we need to stress the fact that since the situation is extremely fluid with the Coronavirus pandemic, many changes and defections are expected. For example, Alexei Popyrin is still on this list, but he has already revealed that he won’t play in the US.
Therefore, while the American played are widely expected to compete, there are some doubts about the ones coming from the other continents.
The event will be staged from 13-20 of August.
El listado preliminar del ATP500 de Washington @CitiOpen que comenzarĂa el 14/8. Este fin de semana se confirma si se hace o no.
El cuadro es de 48 jugadores: 38 directos, 6 qualy y 4 wild card.
EstarĂan entrando Schwartzman y Pella. Londero 1 afuera. pic.twitter.com/6CEzXEl3rp— Danny Miche (@dannymiche) July 13, 2020
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2020
At the moment ranked no.6, Tsitsipas played his last match on the 7th of March when he overcame Jeson Patrombon 6-2 6-1 in the Rubber 4 of the Davis Cup.
During this season the Greek has a 11-5 win-loss record. The Greek clinched 1 title in Marseille. Tsitsipas was the finalist in Dubai.
Daniil Medvedev in 2020
Now the world no.5, Daniil played his last match on the 21st of February when he lost to Gilles Simon 6-4 6-0 in the quarter in Marseille.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev played each other 6 times. The head to head is 5-1 for Medvedev. The last time that they competed against each other, Stefanos Tsitsipas won 7-65 6-4 in the round robin in London (Nitto ATP Finals) in November 2019.
You can watch the highlights in the following video.
Denis Shapovalov in 2020
Currently ranked no.16, Shapovalov played his last match on the 21st of February when he was overcome by Alexander Bublik 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in Marseille.
Felix Auger Aliassime in 2020
At the moment ranked no.20, Felix played his last match on the 26th of February when he capitulated to Kyle Edmund 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Acapulco.
Felix Auger Aliassime’s best result of the present year was getting to the final in Rotterdam and Marseille.
Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger Aliassime played each other 3 times. The head to head is 2-1 for Shapovalov. The last time that they locked horns, Denis Shapovalov won 6-1 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in New York (U.S. Open) in August 2019.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
