Washington 2019: Thursday’s Order of Play and Match Points

ORDER OF PLAY (play begins at 2pm unless otherwise stated)

STADIUM

[WC] Catherine McNALLY (USA) v Christina McHALE (USA)

GRANDSTAND (play begins at 1pm)

Rebecca PETERSON (SWE) v Camila GIORGI (ITA)

Zarina DIYAS (KAZ) v Lesia TSURENKO (UKR) [5]

After 1 ATP match

HSIEH Su-wei (TPE) [4] v [Q] Varvara GRACHEVA (RUS)

COURT 4

Anna KALINSKAYA (RUS) / Miyu KATO (JPN) [3] v Naomi BRADY (GBR) / Sharon FICHMAN (CAN)

After 1 ATP match

Jessica PEGULA (USA) / Shelby ROGERS (USA) v WANG Yafan (CHN) / YANG Zhaoxuan (CHN) [2]
 

MATCH POINTS

Catherine McNally will play her first WTA Tour last-16 match since going down in straight sets to Viktorija Golubic

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Christina McHale’s previous experience at this stage came in Acapulco at the end of February.

The two Americans have never played each other.

Rebecca Peterson claimed her first Top 10 win when she beat WTA World No.8 and No.1 seed Sloane Stephens in the opening round. Her previous best win came against WTA World No.28s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

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Camila Giorgi has lost her last seven matches against Top 70 players. Peterson is WTA World No.70.

Zarina Diyas

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Hsieh Su-wei is seeking to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal since Rabat in May. She has reached the last eight four times previously this year.

Varvara Gracheva

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