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Sakkari looks like herself again; beats No. 2 Navarro in Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maria Sakkari hit the sweet spot of her career in 2022 and 2023, finishing as year-end No. 6 in the PIF WTA Rankings.
This year, though, has been something of a slog. The 29-year-old from Greece has a losing record and her ranking has drifted down to No. 90.
Maybe it’s the heat and humidity, or something else in the atmosphere, but whatever it is Sakkari seems to thrive in the nation’s capital. In her only previous visit, two years ago, she rolled all the way to the final, beating Leylah Fernandez, Madison Keys and Jessica Pegula in the process.
On Wednesday night, No. 2 seed Emma Navarro was added to her list of victims. Sakkari scored a 7-5, 7-6 (1) win over Navarro to advance to the quarterfinals of the Mubadala Citi 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.
She’ll play the winner of Thursday’s highly anticipated match between Grand Slam champions Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu on Friday.
Navarro is ranked 79 spots higher than Sakkari, but she could never get it going.
Energized and bouncing around like it was 2022, Sakkari saved all three of the break points against her. And while she converted only one — in the last game of the first set — it was enough.
Sakkari served well, winning 60 of 85, and had seven aces — two in the tiebreak.
Even before her heyday, Sakkari could hang with the best. In 2021, she posted a WTA Tour-high nine wins against Top 10 players.
This year, it’s been difficult; before beating Navarro, Sakkari 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 (20112), who won the title here as wild cards.
WASHINGTON (7News) — On Saturday evening, Metropolitan Police Department’s Seventh District officers responded to a fatal crash on I-295 northbound near Exit 1 for Laboratory Road, Southwest.
The incident occurred around 7:50 p.m. when a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle, police said.
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Prince George’s County police officers were already on the scene when the MPD officers arrived.
The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities have not yet released the victim’s age or gender.
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The driver of the vehicle involved in the collision remained at the scene.
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Police urge anyone with information about the incident to call 202-727-9099 or text 50411.
The United States military carried out a “large scale” strike inside the nation of Venezuela early Saturday morning, in addition to capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, who were flown out of the country.
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WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Smoke was seen billowing in a Northwest D.C. neighborhood Sunday afternoon after a row house caught fire, prompting a large presence of first responders.
In a post on the X platform just after 12:40 p.m., the DC Fire and EMS Department said crews were responding to a box alarm at a row house in the 2100 block of 13th Street NW. There, firefighters found smoke coming from the top of three attached row houses.
Crews determined that the flames were coming from the attic of one of the three-story row homes, but that it was at risk of spreading to both adjacent homes. As a result, firefighters upgraded the response to a two-alarm fire, aggressively attacking the flames from the inside.
Officials noted that firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze, which involved the entire attic, and that it only spread to one of the attached row houses.
No injuries were reported; however, officials were working to learn how many people would be displaced.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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