rewrite this content and keep HTML tags
Ahead of her hard-court swing at the 2025 Citi DC Open, Emma Raducanu spent her time exploring the sights and some new places in Washington, D.C.
Last year, the Brit received a wild card entry into the main draw of the WTA 500 tournament. She defeated Elise Mertens and Peyton Stearns in the first and second rounds, respectively, before falling to the eventual champion, wild card Paula Badosa.
Emma Raducanu Spends Time Sightseeing Ahead of Citi DC Open 2025
In the lead-up to the 2025 Citi DC Open, Raducanu participated in her home Grand Slam, the Wimbledon Championships, where she reached the third round before being eliminated by Aryna Sabalenka.
Following her run at Wimbledon, the former World No. 10 traveled to the United States to kick off her hard-court season. She is currently in Washington, D.C. for the WTA 500 tournament.
Recently, Raducanu took to social media to share glimpses of her sightseeing adventures in the capital. She posted a series of images, including a visit to the Richard Serra exhibit at the Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland.
“serra.on & off in dc 🧃,” Raducanu captioned her Instagram post.
Raducanu shared a photograph of her standing in front of Serra’s “Sylvester” sculpture, which is uniquely designed to allow visitors to walk around and through it. The 22-year-old also shared a picturesque view of the Washington Harbour, among other sights.
Emma Raducanu Will Face Marta Kostyuk at the 2025 Citi DC Open 1R
Raducanu is set to compete in both the singles and doubles events at the 2025 Citi DC Open. In the first round of the singles competition, she will face seventh-seeded Marta Kostyuk.
>> hard-court summer swing ☀️@EmmaRaducanu 👋 #MubadalaCitiDCOpen pic.twitter.com/EIVaXFJyE5
— Mubadala Citi DC Open (@mubadalacitidc) July 18, 2025
Kostyuk will enter this WTA 500 hard court tournament following her grass court swing, during which she participated in three events: the 2025 Berlin Tennis Open, the Bad Homburg Open, and Wimbledon.
In Berlin and Bad Homburg, the Ukrainian was eliminated in the first round by Emma Navarro. At Wimbledon, she was seeded 26th and again faced an early exit, this time losing to qualifier Veronika Erjavec in the first round.
Raducanu and Kostyuk have met three times on the WTA Tour, with the latter emerging victorious in two of those encounters. Their most recent match took place in the second round of the 2025 Madrid Open, where Kostyuk triumphed with a score of 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.
The winner of the first-round match between Raducanu and Kostyuk in Washington, D.C., will advance to face either wild card Naomi Osaka or Yulia Putintseva in the second round.
In the doubles event at the 2025 Citi DC Open, Raducanu has teamed up with Elena Rybakina. They will begin their campaign against the fourth-seeded duo of Tereza Mihalíková and Olivia Nicholls in the first round.
ER 🤝 ER@EmmaRaducanu & Elena Rybakina are teaming up for doubles in DC!#MubadalaCitiDCOpen pic.twitter.com/oEvsTIKKJe
— Mubadala Citi DC Open (@mubadalacitidc) July 19, 2025
The victors of this match will progress to the quarterfinals, where they will face either the team of Giuliana Olmos and Aldila Sutjiadi or the pairing of Miyu Kato and Wu Fang-hsien.
