Washington singles final delayed as Korda, Cobolli wait for title shot

pWith rain twice interrupting the women's singles final at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/washington/418/overview'Mubadala Citi DC Open/a, the men's singles championship has been delayed at the ATP 500. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sebastian-korda/k0ah/overview'Sebastian Korda/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a will take to the Washington stadium court following the women's match between Paula Badosa and Marie Bouzkova, which is back underway early in the third set./p

pIn the second Lexus ATP Head2Head matchup between the American Korda and Italy's Cobolli, the home favourite is hoping to repeat the result from their Rome meeting earlier this season./p

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pKorda aims for the second and biggest ATP Tour title of his career as he bids to match father a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/petr-korda/k148/overview'Petr Korda/a (1992) by winning the D.C. title. He is also seeking to become the first American champion at the event since a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-roddick/r485/overview'Andy Roddick/a in 2007. The 22-year-old Cobolli is competing in his first tour-level final./p

pBoth men have saved match points on their way to the title match: Korda saved two against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thanasi-kokkinakis/kd46/overview'Thanasi Kokkinakis/a in the third round, while Cobolli fought off five against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alejandro-davidovich-fokina/dh50/overview'Alejandro Davidovich Fokina/a in the second round./p

pBoth Korda and Cobolli will leave Washington with a career-high PIF ATP Ranking. Coming into the final, Korda is up to No. 19 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings and Cobolli stands at No. 33./p

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