Sakkari and Rybakina enter quarters at DC Open as Fritz, Medvedev sail

Maria Sakkari scored a 7-5, 7-6 (1) win over Emma Navarro to advance to the quarterfinals of the DC Open. Sakkari, who received a wild card into the main draw, has now won three of four career matches against the 24-year-old American.

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This year has been difficult for Sakkari before beating Navarro, as she had lost 11 of 13 matches to seeded players in 2025. Now, she's looking for a slice of history, trying to emulate the feats of Paula Badosa (2024) and Nadia Petrova (2012), who won the title here as wild cards. WTA reports.

Elsewhere, in her tournament debut, No. 3 seed Elena Rybakina defeated teenage wild card Victoria Mboko 6-3, 7-5 to make the quarterfinals.

In the women's doubles, No. 2 seeds Taylor Townsend and Zhang Shuai narrowly defeated wild cards Hailey Baptiste and Venus Williams to reach the DC Open doubles quarterfinals.

After winning her doubles match on Monday and singles on Tuesday night, Venus finally came back to earth as Townsend and Zheng were 6-4, 3-6, (10-6) winners over Venus and Baptiste.