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Taylor Townsend Headed to DC With @CitiOpen Wild Card

2012 ITF Junior World Champion Taylor Townsend is easily the most accomplished junior in American tennis. In addition to winning the 2012 Australian Open Junior Singles championship, she nearly won a true Golden Slam in doubles by taking Wimbledon, the US Open and Australian junior titles last year.

She’ll take her act to Washington this next month, as tournament organizers announced in a conference call today that the 17-year-old was granted a wild card into the main draw of the Citi Open. The Citi Open is an ATP 500 and  WTA International tournament from July 27-August 4 in the Nation’s Capital.

11 of the top 50 ranked WTA players are scheduled to compete at the Citi Open. The main draw field of 32 will feature 2011 champion Nadia Petrova, 2012 champion Magdalena Rybarikova, a rejuvenated Andrea Petkovic, Sloane Stephens, Madison Keys, and Christina McHale.

This is the 45th annual installment of the tournament and it is a part of the Emirates US Open Series. The tournament benefits the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation.

—S. Fogleman