Hanlon Walsh

✍️18 doubles stories written 📸Event coverage in Dallas, Austin, and Toronto 🎙️Media + PR tournament staff in Houston Cheers to my 5th year covering pro doubles and excited for new stories and opportunities to come in 2025. #WatchMoreDoubles

Nice words from DC doubles champ Andrea Vavassori about the tournament’s focus on doubles and willingness to innovate, like mic-ing up some of the doubles players on court 🎙️ #MubadalaDCCitiOpen | @mubadalacitidc

You just had a feeling the Demon was going to pull that out when the going got tough. So clutch vs. players he’s supposed to beat. #MubadalaCitiDCOpen

The key to winning the title in DC? Eating burgers from @shakeshack …according to 2025 singles champ Leylah Fernandez 🍔🍔 #MubadalaCitiDCOpen | @mubadalacitidc

Taylor Townsend is the 10th American women to claim the No. 1 doubles spot in the 2000s: 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport 🇺🇸 Corina Morariu 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond 🇺🇸 Liezel Huber 🇺🇸 Serena Williams 🇺🇸 Venus Williams 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands 🇺🇸 Coco Gauff 🇺🇸 Jess Pegula 🇺🇸 Taylor Townsend

🏆 DC Doubles Champs 🏆 Top seeds Simone Bolelli & Andrea Vavassori defeat No. 3 Hugo Nys & Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-3, 6-4 to win the Citi Open title. The win marks the Italians’ 4th title of 2025, and 3rd at the ATP 500 level. #MubadalaCitiDCOpen | @mubadalacitidc

Not surprised on the Osaka-Patrick coaching breakup news. I think Naomi could benefit from a lower profile coach with less fanfare to avoid bogging herself down with the Serena comparisons.

Men’s doubles final is underway in DC 💥 🇮🇹 No. 1 Bolelli/Vavassori 🇮🇹 🇲🇨 No. 3 Nys/Roger-Vasselin 🇫🇷 The Italians are playing for their 4th title of 2025 while Nys/RV are competing for their 1st trophy of the year (and as a pair). #MubadalaDCCitiOpen | @mubadalacitidc

"Shuai, she's one of the most kind and considerate people I have ever met. It's really hard to find that in the tennis world, honestly." I've heard this from so many players. It's clear that 36-year-old Shuai Zhang is incredibly well-liked by her WTA peers. #MubadalaCitiDCOpen

Leylah Fernandez confirmed that she and sister Bianca will be back in action on the doubles court next week in Montreal. Last year, the Fernandez sisters entered as WCs and made an exciting run to the semifinals at @NBOtoronto 🇨🇦 #MubadalaCitiDCOpen | @mubadalacitidc

Leylah Fernandez is so primetime 🔥 Defeats No. 3 Elena Rybakina 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 in 3 hours, 12 minutes to make the final in DC. Will we get a 2021 US Open rematch? Your turn, Emma Raducanu. #MubadalaCitiDCOpen

Taylor Townsend (NEW #1)‼️ 10 WTA Career Doubles Titles 🎉 24 Wimbledon (Siniakova) 25 AO (Siniakova) 23 Cincinnati (Parks) 25 Dubai (Siniakova) 23 Adelaide (Muhammad) 23 Adelaide 2 (Stefani) 24 Adelaide (Haddad Maia) 24 D.C. (Muhammad) 25 D.C. (SHUAI) 20 Auckland (Muhammad)

Make that *three* doubles champs in DC today… 🏆 Taylor 🏆 Adyn 🏆 Shuai @mubadalacitidc | #MubadalaCitiDCOpen

🏆 DC Doubles Champs 🏆 No. 1 seeds Taylor Townsend & Shuai Zhang dispatch Caroline Dolehide & Sofia Kenin 6-1, 6-1 in 48 minutes. A masterclass performance from Zhang & new world No. 1 Townsend, who wins her 2nd straight Citi Open title. @mubadalacitidc | #MubadalaCitiDCOpen

Top seeds Simone Bolelli & Andrea Vavassori advance to the final in DC with a 3-set win over Neal Skupski & JP Smith. The Italians eye their 4th ATP title of 2025, and 3rd at the ATP 500 level 🇮🇹 #MubadalaCitiDCOpen | @mubadalacitidc

Any questions for Simone Bolelli & Andrea Vavassori? About to interview them in DC

Bird’s eye view of Saturday doubles in DC. Nice to hear many “Allez” and “Vamos” chants from French & Argentine fans in the crowd at @mubadalacitidc 👏🏻 🇲🇨 Hugo Nys & Ed. Roger Vasselin 🇫🇷 🇦🇷 Maximo Gonzalez & Andres Molteni 🇦🇷 Fighting for a place in Sunday’s final 💥

Taylor Townsend being No. 1 could be *huge* for doubles if she keeps it up. She has all the right ingredients to be the face of WTA doubles… 💥 Flashy game ⭐️ Main character energy 🍿 Established fanbase …and it doesn’t hurt that her partner (Siniakova) is a 10x slam champ.

Who you got?