Nakashima ousts top seed de Minaur, Osaka advances at Washington
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WASHINGTON: Defending champion Alex de Minaur was bounced out of the Washington Open by Brandon Nakashima on Friday as women's top seed Jessica Pegula and Naomi Osaka reached the semi-finals of the ATP and WTA event.
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De Minaur, the world number six from Australia, fell to American Nakashima 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 in a rematch of last year's Washington quarter-final.
"He came out with some great serving, a lot of first serves," the top-seeded Aussie said. "I played at a high level. I just threw in two pretty awful games on my serve.
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