By Christopher Levy, Citi Open | Wednesday, August 5, 2015
"I've always enjoyed playing here. I was more than happy to come back," said wild card Lleyton Hewitt, who is playing Washington, D.C. for the final time this week.
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Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt opened his final Citi Open appearance fighting off fellow Aussie John-Patrick Smith in his opening-round win.
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No. 11 seeded Bernard Tomic works out in the heat, preparing for his opener against American Steve Johnson.
How does a 500th career victory taste? Pretty sweet if you're Samantha Stosur who commemorated the milestone with a celebration cake.
Donald Young snapped an eight-match, first-round losing streak sweeping Tommy Haas in his opener, but the two-time semifinalist couldn't solve Vasek Pospisil in round two.
Ekaterina Makarova, the reigning U.S. Open doubles champion with partner Elena Vesnina, was all smiles meeting the media.
Top seed Andy Murray returns to D.C. for the first time since 2006 when he was ranked No. 35 and reached the final, falling to Arnaud Clement.
The fourth-seeded tandem of Kristina Mladenovic and Belinda Bencic celebrate their first-ournd doubles win with smiles for Tennis Now photographer Christopher Levy.
Second-seeded Kei Nishikori, who has reached quarterfinals or better 10 times this season, opened with a grueling three-set comeback win over James Duckworth.
Sloane Stephens brings plenty of capable back-up during a clinic drill.
Heat doesn't faze 35-year-old Victor Estrella Burgos who wears flames on his shirt and will face the scorching serve of eighth-seeded John Isner. tonight