Kaia Kanepi (born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 15 on 20 August 2012 and has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour. Described as a 'resident Grand Slam upset specialist' by The Guardian - with 19 wins over seeded players in the first week of Grand Slams; only three active players (Victoria Azarenka, Venus Williams and Serena Williams) have more. She has also reached seven Grand Slam quarterfinals in all four championships (French Open in 2008 and 2012, Wimbledon in 2010 and 2013, the US Open in 2010 and 2017, and Australian Open 2022), becoming the first Estonian to achieve this and was the first Estonian to be ranked inside the world's top 15. (Source: Wikipedia) Kanepi reached the final at the Citi Open 2022 but lost to Liudmila Samsonova, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Simona Halep (born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles twice between 2017 and 2019, for a total of 64 weeks, which ranks eleventh in the history of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. Halep was the year-end No. 1 in 2017 and 2018. She has won two Grand Slam singles titles: the 2018 French Open and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. Her WTA ranking on July 30, 2022 was 16.
Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray of Britain lost in the opening round of the Citi Open on August 1, 2022. The 35-year-old Scotsman lost to 115th-ranked Mikael Ymer 7-6 (10/8), 4-6, 6-1 after two hours and 50 minutes.
