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The difference in depth of field between the two 500 events this week shows itself from the opening day of play Monday.

Nur-Sultan has Andrey Rublev, Hubert Hurkacz, wild card Stan Wawrinka and … No. 8 seed Félix Auger-Aliassime, who had a very tough opener against unseeded Roberto Bautista Agut and couldn’t get through it.

The time difference to Tokyo is 13 hours; Nur-Sultan is 10 hours ahead.

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Astana Open
Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 3 – 9, 2022
Prize money: $2,054,825
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, Oct. 3, 2022
Final results

Singles, first round

Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) def [8] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 64 76 (6)

[5] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def [Q] Laslo Djere (SRB) 64 63
[7] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def. Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) 62 76 (2)

Adrian Mannarino (FRA) def [WC] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 16 62 63
Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) def. [WC] Beibit Zhukayev (KAZ) 61 61
[Q] Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) def Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 46 64 61

Doubles, first round

Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Austin Krajicek (USA) def. [WC] Grigoriy Lomakin / Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) 63 62

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Rakuten Japan Open
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 3 – 9, 2022
Prize money: $2,108,110
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, Oct. 3, 2022
Final results

Singles, first round

[4] Frances Tiafoe (USA) def. [WC] Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 63 64

Pedro Martinez (ESP) def Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 75 64
Brandon Nakashima (USA) def. [WC] Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) 63 62
Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) def Taro Daniel (JPN) 75 75

Doubles, first round

[4] Daniel Evans (GBR) / John Peers (AUS) def Andre Goransson (SWE) / Ben McLachlan (JPN) 62 76 (5)

[Q] Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL) def [WC] Toshihide Matsui / Kaito Uesugi (JPN) 36 76 (5) [10-8]

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