WTA Washington Open: Raducanu defeats Osaka to win the spotlight match

On July 24, 2025, the quarterfinal spots for the WTA 500 Washington women's singles were successfully determined. In a high-stakes battle between Grand Slam champions, Raducanu triumphed over Osaka with a score of 6-4/6-2, advancing to the quarterfinals. Raducanu will next compete against her old adversary Sakkari for a spot in the semifinals. Additionally, Raducanu partnered with Rybakina to defeat Wolmers/Sugadi in the doubles quarterfinals, setting up a clash with the second seeds Zhang/Shuai for a place in the final.

Raducanu

Top seed Pegula fell to former US Open runner-up Fernandez with a score of 3-6/6-1/5-7, exiting in her first match. Wildcard participant Venus Williams lost to Frech 2-6/2-6, marking an early exit as well. Williams' next event will be the WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open, where she has already secured a main draw wildcard.

WTA Washington Open women's singles quarterfinal matchups

Fernandez vs Townsend [Q]

[3] Rybakina vs Frech [5]

Karolinska vs Towson [4]

Raducanu vs Sakkari [W]

(Written and edited by Dato, images by Visual China)