NEW WORLD #1❗ 🇺🇸 Taylor Townsend will be #1 in doubles when the new WTA doubles rankings come out Monday, becoming the first mom ever to achieve the feat. 💥🎉 She secured her rise to the top spot by reaching the Washington DC final with Zhang Shuai: tennis.com/news/articles/…

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 Mubadala Citi DC Open 👏🏻 🇲🇨 Hugo Nys & Ed. Roger Vasselin 🇫🇷 🇦🇷 Maximo Gonzalez & Andres Molteni 🇦🇷 Fighting for a place in Sunday’s final 💥

An excellent start to the Summer HC season for the Italians who have been better since late May. They'll battle Nys-ERV for the #MubadalaDCCitiOpen titles Sunday.

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

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 | Mubadala Citi DC Open

Into the final 🦾 Mubadala Citi DC Open 🇺🇸

🏆 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. Mubadala Citi DC Open | #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 Mubadala Citi DC Open | #MubadalaCitiDCOpen

Championship Sunday 🏆 Play begins at noon with the men’s doubles final, followed by Kalinskaya vs Fernandez and Davidovich Fokina vs De Minaur! #MubadalaCitiDCOpen

"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

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 | Mubadala Citi DC Open

🏆 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 | Mubadala Citi DC Open

🇮🇹Simone Bolelli/Andrea Vavassori (1) claim the Mubadala Citi DC Open Men’s Doubles🏆 Def Hugo Nys/Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-3 6-4 7th Doubles Title won as a Duo 2024 Buenos Aires 250 2024 Halle 500 2024 Beijing 500 2025 Adelaide 250 2025 Rotterdam 500 2025 Hamburg 500 2025 D.C. 500

Only 610 points separating spots 7-10 in the doubles race. The B2B Masters in Toronto & Cincinnati could shake this section up a bit #WatchMoreDOUBLES

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

Mature response from the Wimbledon champ

New #1

🇨🇦 Montreal | WTA 1000 Doubles Draw

Notable doubles pairings in Montreal 🇨🇦 Fernandez / 🇨🇦 Fernandez 🇨🇿 Krejcikova / 🇱🇻 Ostapenko 🇺🇸 Gauff / 🇺🇸 Kessler 🇺🇸 Stearns / 🇨🇿 Vondrousova 🇺🇸 Keys / 🇺🇸 Pegula 🇷🇸 Danilovic / 🇹🇼 Hsieh 🇨🇦 Cross / 🇨🇦 Mboko 🇦🇺 Kasatkina / 🇨🇿 Noskova 🇦🇺 Joint / 🇺🇸 McNally