Alexander Zverev and former World No. 1 Ivan Lendl have parted company after a 12-month partnership, which included a run to the 2018 Nitto ATP Finals title.

In a statement, Lendl said: “I have a lot of belief in Sascha, who is still very young. I think that one day he may become a great player, but currently he has some off-court issues that make it difficult to work in a way that is consistent with my philosophy.”

Zverev, who is currently No. 5 in the ATP Rankings and competing this week at the Hamburg European Open, has been coached by his father, Alexander Zverev Sr., from a young age. The 22-year-old previously worked with another former World No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero from August 2017 to January 2018.

“I have nothing but respect for him. We worked well for ten months and it’s been very nice having him by my side, winning London. Obviously, I have great respect for him but you guys probably know as well, we both felt like we were going different directions,” Zverev said. “I wish him nothing but the best. I think he will find a player very soon. And it’s also about personalities and maybe we didn’t fit yet. Maybe it will change but for now it’s over.”

Lendl coached Andy Murray from 2011 to 2014, then again in 2016 to 2018, encompassing three Grand Slam championship trophies, two Olympics gold medals and the Briton’s rise to No. 1 and the 2016 Nitto ATP Finals crown.

#NextGenATP star Stefanos Tsitsipas and top American John Isner headline the 2019 Citi Open, an ATP 500 hard-court tournament in the U.S. capital.

Tsitsipas, 21, reached the semi-finals on his tournament debut last year (l. to Zverev). Isner is a three-time finalist in Washington, and made his tour-level breakthrough here in 2007, when he posted a record five straight wins in a third-set tie-break before losing to Andy Roddick in the final. 

The 48-player field also features two other Top 10 players, 23-year-old Russians Karen Khachanov and Daniil Medvedev, in addition to South African Kevin Anderson and Canadians Milos Raonic and Denis Shapovalov.

In doubles, Americans Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan return with their sights set on a record fifth title. Defending champion Jamie Murray will play alongside brother Andy Murray for the first time in nearly three years, while Tsitsipas will join forces with Nick Kyrgios.

Here’s all you need to know about the Washington DC tennis tournament: what is the schedule, where to watch, who has won and more. 

Established: 1969

Tournament Dates: 29 July – 4 August 2019

Tournament Director: Keely O’Brien

Draw Ceremony: Friday 26 July at 6:00pm on-site

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Schedule (View On Official Website)
* Qualifying: Saturday & Sunday at 10:00am
* Main draw: Monday – Thursday at 2:00pm; Friday & Saturday at 2:00pm and 7:00pm
* Doubles final: Sunday, 4 July at 12:00pm
* Singles final: Sunday, 4 July at 5:00pm

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Venue: Rock Creek Park Tennis Center
Main Court Seating: 7,500

Prize Money: US $1,895,290 (Total Financial Commitment: US $2,046,340)  

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Honour Roll (Open Era)
Most Titles, Singles: Andre Agassi (5)
Most Titles, Doubles: Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan, Marty Riessen (4)
Oldest Champion: Ken Rosewall, 36, in 1971
Youngest Champion: Andy Roddick, 18, in 2001
Lowest-Ranked Champion (since 1979): No. 117 David Nalbandian in 2010
Most Match Wins: Andre Agassi (44)

2018 Finals
Singles: [1] Alexander Zverev (GER) d Alex de Minaur (AUS) 62 64   Read & Watch
Doubles: [4] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Bruno Soares (BRA) d Mike Bryan (USA) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 36 63 10-4  Read More 

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Did You Know… American Andre Agassi holds the record for most titles in the U.S. capital, winning his five in 1990-91, ’95 and ’98-99.

Russia’s Andrey Rublev played with great aggression on Friday to record the biggest win of his career for a place in the Hamburg European Open semi-finals.

The 21-year-old upset two-time Roland Garros finalist Dominic Thiem 7-6(3), 7-6(5) in one hour and 47 minutes at the Am Rothenbaum, venue of the ATP 500 clay-court tournament. It was his second Top 10 win, following on from his victory over then No. 9-ranked Grigor Dimitrov at the 2017 US Open.

World No. 78 Rublev recovered two break deficits in the first set, which saw top seed Thiem serve with a 5-3 lead. Rublev won the first four points of the tie-break and hit a forehand winner to clinch the opener on his second set point chance.

Deep returns from Rublev created an opening in the sixth game of the second set, when his Austrian opponent appeared to be affected by the sunlight. A double fault handed Rublev a break point at 30/40, which Thiem saved with a powerful serve. Rublev didn’t let a mis-timed forehand at 1/2 in the tie-break deter him, as he went on to win five straight points.

Rublev, who missed six weeks of the 2019 ATP Tour season due to a right wrist injury, is 12-9 on the season and will now face third-seed Italian Fabio Fognini or Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain.

Thiem and Fognini are both in the top 10 places in the 2019 ATP Race To London for a spot at the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 10-17 November. Buy Tickets

Second seed Taylor Fritz kicked off his North American hard-court season in style on Thursday at the BB&T Atlanta Open, hammering 10 aces to prevail in an all-American match with qualifier Kevin King 6-2, 6-3.

Fritz raced through eight of the first 11 games en route to claiming victory in 71 minutes. The 21-year-old has been in top form, having won his first ATP Tour title last month at the Nature Valley International (d. Querrey) and reaching a career-high of No. 30 in the ATP Rankings earlier this month.

Next up for Fritz is Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, who broke serve four times to win his #NextGenATP clash with eighth-seeded Frenchman Ugo Humbert 6-2, 6-2. The 19-year-old has produced a breakout season that includes his first ATP Tour final at the Turkish Airlines Open Antalya (l. to Sonego) and his first ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final at the BNP Paribas Open. Kecmanovic looks to make his debut this year at the Next Gen ATP Finals, held in Milan from 5-9 November.

Third seed Alex de Minaur put on a serving clinic in dispatching American Bradley Klahn 6-4, 6-4. The #NextGenATP Aussie dropped just seven points on serve (40/47) and didn’t face a break point to advance in 68 minutes. Although the 20-year-old endured a recent string of early exits on clay and grass, he’s 11-4 on hard courts this season and looked confident as he returned to his strongest surface.

Next up for him is Bernard Tomic, who scored a 6-4, 7-6(3) victory in an all-Aussie battle with Matthew Ebden. The 26-year-old Tomic scored his best win of the year by defeating fifth-seeded American Frances Tiafoe on Tuesday.

Kevin Anderson has enjoyed plenty of highlights in recent years, but his biggest one is around the corner. He and his wife, Kelsey, confirmed they will be adding a girl to their family in October.

Anderson retweeted the joyful news that his wife posted. Her photo included a pair of baby shoes, blanket, sonogram and a board with the name Keira Anderson.

Excited to share our happy news ???? pic.twitter.com/xnGrYdrhUr

— Kelsey Anderson (@KelseyOAnderson) July 24, 2019

The couple first met as students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he competed on the tennis team and she played on the golf team. They tied the knot in Illinois on 10 November 2011.

Anderson looks to join the trend of ATP Tour players who continued to produce great results in parenthood. Novak Djokovic has won nine of his 16 Grand Slams as a parent, Roger Federer has won five Grand Slams as a dad and all three of Stan Wawrinka’s Grand Slam titles have come as a father.

John Isner also won his first title as a dad last week at the Hall of Fame Open (d. Bublik). He took part in the tennis version of a gender reveal party this April to share that he and his wife, Madison, are expecting their second child.

The Coupe Rogers in Montreal will be without two of the game’s biggest stars as both Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro announced on Thursday that they will miss the ATP Masters 1000 event, which begins 4 August.

Djokovic, a four-time Coupe Rogers champion, needs more time to recover after winning his fifth Wimbledon title on 14 July. The World No. 1 beat Roger Federer 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-6(4), 4-6, 13-12(3) in the first fifth-set tie-break in Wimbledon singles history.

The Serbian saved two match points against Federer, becoming the first player to save match points in the Wimbledon final and win in 71 years.

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“I’m sorry to announce that I decided to pull out of Coupe Rogers. With the support of my team, I have decided to give my body longer rest and recovery time before coming back again to play,” Djokovic said.

“I love Canada and I have many friends there that always make me feel like I’m at home, and I’m looking forward to coming back again to play in front of all of you in Montreal.”

Djokovic has won the event, which alternates between Montreal and Toronto, twice in both city: Montreal in 2007 and 2011, and Toronto in 2012 and 2016. He fell in the third round last year to #NextGenATP Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, who made his maiden ATP Masters 1000 final in Toronto (l. to Nadal).

Del Potro is continuing his rehab from a fractured right kneecap that he suffered on 19 June during his second-round match at the Fever-Tree Championships in London. The Argentine, No. 12 in the ATP Rankings, underwent surgery on 22 June.

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“We would have loved for Djokovic to have the chance to be crowned champion for a third time in Montreal, but we understand his decision and we wish him a quick return for the rest of the season,” said Eugene Lapierre, Tournament Director of the Coupe Rogers in Montreal.

“In Del Potro’s case, we wish him a speedy recovery, he who has experienced his share of injuries in the past few years. We look forward to seeing him back on court in the near future.”

Defending champion Rafael Nadal, the all-time Masters 1000 titles leader (34), will be the top seed. Frenchman Richard Gasquet and Mikhail Kukushkin will fill the two available spots in the main draw.

Top seed and 2018 finalist Roberto Bautista Agut held off the leader of the next wave of Spanish tennis players, Jaume Munar, on Thursday at the J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad. Bautista Agut saved two of his three break points and overcame the 21-year-old Munar 7-6(6), 6-4 during the second FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting between the two Spaniards (2-0).

Munar competed at the 2018 Next Gen ATP Finals among the world’s best 21-and-under players and reached the semi-finals in Milan. Bautista Agut, who is playing in his first ATP Tour tournament since reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals, his first at the Grand Slam level, will next meet fifth seed Joao Sousa of Portugal.

Sousa notched a steady 6-4, 6-4 win against qualifier Gian Marco Moroni of Italy, saving both break points faced in the second set. Before Wimbledon, Sousa hadn’t won two tour-level matches in a row since the Miami Open presented by Itau in March. But the 30-year-old made the fourth round at SW19, the quarter-finals at the Swedish Open in Bastad last week and is into his second quarter-final of the season in Gstaad.

It may have lasted one hour longer than he’d hoped, but Dusan Lajovic let out a big sigh of relief on after he extended his winning streak to six matches. The Serbian beat Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-6(2) over two hours and 23 minutes, but last week’s Plava Laguna Croatian Open Umag champion endured several momentum shifts for his 18th victory of a career-best season.

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Lajovic led by a set and 5-1, and held a match point opportunity on his serve at 5-3, when a deep backhand return from Istomin caught the third seed off guard. Lajovic later recovered from 3-5 down in the decider, but failed to convert two more match points at 6-5 courtesy of a solid serve and backhand volley winner from Istomin. The 29-year-old eventually closed out with a volley winner and turned to his team, shaking his head, in relief.

“It was very tough,” said Lajovic. “I have everything under control and then everything changed. He started putting more balls into the court, putting pressure on me and I got really tight. I was unable to win the second set and at the end, he was the better player and should have won, but I managed to turn it around and in the tie-break I was lucky. I’m happy that I won somehow and I will try to recover for tomorrow.”

Last week, Lajovic lifted his first ATP Tour trophy in Umag (d. Balazs), three months on from reaching the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters final (l. to Fognini). He will now look to sufficiently recover to play seventh-seeded Spaniard Pablo Andujar, the 2014 champion, on Friday. Andujar also battled back in the third set, from 1-3 down, to beat Taro Daniel of Japan 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(2) in two hours and 21 minutes.

Alexander Zverev overcame an up-and-down performance on Thursday to reach his eighth quarter-final of 2019 at the Hamburg European Open.

Zverev broke at 5-5 in the second set with aggressive play from the baseline, but the second seed was broken to love while serving for the match at 6-5. Zverev, however, recovered with a consistent tie-break to beat Argentine Federico Delbonis 6-4, 7-6(5).

“I don’t think I played a bad game. I think he played an amazing game, the best game he played of the match. So mostly it was fine,” Zverev said of the 6-5 game in the second set. “The most important thing is that I won the tie-break afterwards quite easily. You will always have games where you lose and games where you get broken, and it’s how you come back from that and I did well today.”

The World No. 5 is playing at his home ATP 500 tournament for the first time since 2016, when he fell in the first round. The 2014 semi-finalist will next meet Filip Krajinovic.

The Serbian hit 12 aces in a 6-7(6), 7-5, 6-1 win over 2016 champion Martin Klizan, who recovered from 1-4 and 3-5 down to win the first set. Krajinovic won the last six games of the match.

Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta knocked out seventh seed Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 7-6(4) in 85 minutes. Struff served for the second set at 5-3. Carreno Busta will next meet the winner between third seed Fabio Fognini and #NextGenATP German Rudolf Molleker.