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Murray edges Edmund at Citi Open; Zverev brothers to meet

By HOWARD FENDRICH Unlike in his opening match
WASHINGTON (AP) — Andy Monday, when he felt he
Murray is showing signs of was too defensive, Murray
returning to his old form, made a point of attacking
right down to the return more against Edmund.
winner he delivered on "Regardless of the result,
the last point of his first vic- we wanted to at least be
tory over a top-20 player in dictating more points, try-
more than a year. ing to use my forehand, be
Murray took a more ag- close to the baseline," he
gressive approach as he said. "And I think I did that,
works his way back from hip especially in some of the
surgery and moved into the important moments in the
third round at the Citi Open third set."
by beating No. 4 seed Kyle He got the measure of Ed-
Edmund 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-4 on mund's serves late, earning
Wednesday. two break points at 4-3. An-
Murray is a three-time ma- other arrived at 5-4, thanks
jor champion and former to a defensive lob that
No. 1 who was sidelined drew a long overhead from
for 11 months because of Edmund, followed by a
his right hip. He missed the double-fault. That brought
second half of 2017, had match point, and Murray
an operation in January, pounded a cross-court Andy Murray, of Britain, returns the ball against Kyle Edmund, of Britain, during the Citi Open tennis
then returned to the tour backhand winner off an 83 tournament Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, in Washington.
briefly in June. One of his mph second serve, then let Associated Press
three matches that month out a loud yell.
was a loss on a grass court Also moving into the third were taught tennis by their No. 2 John Isner's match "some things connect in the
to Edmund, the Australian round was No. 1 seed and father, paired up Wednes- against Noah Rubin at next couple of weeks."
Open semifinalist who has defending champion Alex- day night as a doubles night never got started be- Her best results this season
supplanted Murray as Brit- ander Zverev, and his next team until that match was cause of the rain. were a runner-up finish at
ain's highest-ranked man. matchup is a rare one: On suspended by a storm that In the women's field, reign- the French Open and a ti-
When they played last time, Thursday, he'll face his old- washed out play for the ing U.S. Open champion tle at the Miami Open. But
Murray, said, "Any time Kyle er brother, No. 15 seed Mis- day. Seeded players exit- Sloane Stephens contin- take away those tourna-
was dictating the points, cha. It's their first meeting in ing the draw included No. 5 ued her tendency for all-or- ments, and the American is
I wasn't tracking enough an ATP main-draw match. Nick Kyrgios, who withdrew nothing showings at tour- 10-11 in 2018, including first-
balls down. I felt a bit slow "It's a special day, because with a hip injury, along with naments, losing 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 round exits at Wimbledon
to the balls. Today, I was not a lot of families can No. 12 Karen Khachanov in the second round to 91st- last month and the Austra-
able to defend and dig up say two brothers played and No. 14 Jeremy Chardy, ranked Andrea Petkovic. lian Open in January.
a few more shots and that against each other on a who both lost. No. 3 David Stephens was seeded No. Against Petkovic, Stephens
made a big difference." such a high level, in one of Goffin beat Pierre-Hugues 2 at a tournament she won put only 59 percent of her
There is still work to be done the biggest tournaments in Herbert 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (5); No. in 2015 for her first WTA title. first serves in play and was
by Murray, of course. He is the world," said Alexander, 7 Kei Nishikori eliminated Now she'll want to get her broken four times.
ranked 832nd, has played who finished off a rain-inter- Donald Young 6-3, 6-4; No. game going in the right Stephens' loss leaves the
only five matches in 12 rupted 6-2, 6-1 win against 9 Denis Shapovalov de- direction before she be- Citi Open women's draw
months, and needed three Malek Jaziri. "Obviously, we feated Daniil Medvedev gins the defense of her first without either of its top two
sets for each of his victories both want to win. We won't 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; and No. 10 Ste- Grand Slam title on Aug. seeds; No. 1 Caroline Woz-
in Washington's hard-court give each other anything." fanos Tsitsipas beat Jared 27. niacki withdrew Tuesday
tuneup for the U.S. Open. The German siblings, who Donaldson 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. "Hopefully," Stephens said, because of a leg injury.q

Netherlands knock England out

of women's field hockey WCup

LONDON (AP) — Defend- urday, while Ireland, which fallen behind earlier when
ing champions the Neth- beat India in Thursday's oth- Caia van Maasakker hit
erlands beat host England er quarterfinal, plays Spain. the crossbar from a penalty
2-0 Thursday to advance to The Dutch had 11 shots — corner, before Hinch de-
the semifinals at the wom- and England none — in the nied the rebound.
en's field hockey World first half and went ahead Suzy Petty then hacked off
Cup. at the Lee Valley Hockey the line following a goal
Danny Kerry's England side Center with just over a min- scramble to prevent Eng-
was outclassed by the tour- ute of the first period re- land falling behind in the
nament favorites in Lon- maining. second quarter.
don, with Lidewij Welten Welten claimed the goal The seven-time world
The Netherland's Lidewij Welten, second left, celebrates scor- and Laurien Leurink scoring with a first-time finish champions were not to be
ing her side's first goal during the Women's Hockey World Cup
quarterfinal match between the Netherlands and England at the the goals in a one-sided through the legs of goal- denied for long and duly
Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London, Thursday, Aug. quarterfinal. keeper Maddie Hinch at doubled their advantage
2, 2018. The Netherlands face Aus- the end of a flowing team in the opening stages of
Associated Press tralia in the last four on Sat- move. England could have the second half.q