Russian tennis player Liudmila Samsonova defeated representative of China Wang Xinyu in the second-round match of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament in Washington. In the quarterfinals, the athlete will play against the winner of the match between Russian Diana Shnaider and Anastasia Potapova, who represents Austria. In 2025, the tennis player reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, which is her best result at Grand Slam tournaments. As a member of the Russian national team, Samsonova won the Billie Jean King Cup (2021). Among Russian players, the tournament was won by Nadia Petrova (2011), Svetlana Kuznetsova (2014, 2018), Ekaterina Makarova (2017) and Samsonova (2022).