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The top three seeds in Nur-Sultan got into action Tuesday – No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz. No. 2 Daniil Medvedev and No. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Not that anything that happens post-US Open is ever a shock, but the new world No. 1 is out in his first match, to lucky loser David Goffin.
In Tokyo, Nick Kyrgios took the court for a night session, in his first tournament since the US Open. And he breezed
Unusually, he didn’t get a taste of the courts in doubles before the singles; he and Thanasi Kokkinakis, who both play singles today, are the No. 1 seeds and will play their first match on Wednesday.
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Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 3 – 9, 2022
Prize money: $2,054,825
Draws: S32 – D16
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022
Final results
Singles, first round
[LL] David Goffin (BEL) def [1] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 75 63
[2] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def. Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 63 61
[3] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def. [WC] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 63 64
Alexander Bublik (KAZ) def Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 60 46 63
Karen Khachanov (RUS) def. Maxime Cressy (USA) 64 76 (3)
[LL] Pavel Kotov (RUS) def Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 64 64
[Q] Luca Nardi (ITA) def [Q] Alexander Shevchenko (RUS) 76 (4) 62
Doubles, first round
Hubert Hurkacz / Jan Zielinski (POL) def [4] Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) / Harri Heliovaara (FIN) 76 (2) 63
[3] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) def Diego Hidalgo (ECU) / Cristian Rodriguez (COL) 76 (2) 26 [10-7]
Adrian Mannarino / Fabrice Martin (FRA) def Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 36 64 [11-9]
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 3 – 9, 2022
Prize money: $2,108,110
Draws: S32 – D16
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022
Final results
Singles, first round
Jaume Munar (ESP) def [1] Casper Ruud (NOR) 63 63
Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) def [6] Alex de Minaur (AUS) 63 62
[5] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) def Chun-Hsin Tseng (TPE) 63 61
[8] Daniel Evans (GBR) def. Radu Albot (MDA) 67 (3) 61 64
[9] Borna Coric (CRO) def Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 64 76 (4)
Kamil Majchrzak (POL) def [Q] Sho Shimabukuro (JPN) 76 (2) 62.
Mackenzie McDonald (USA) def [WC] Kaichi Uchida (JPN) 76 (4) 67 (2) 63
[LL] Hiroki Moriya (JPN) def [Q] Yuta Shimizu (JPN) 61 63
[Q] Rio Noguchi (JPN) def [Q] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 64 36 76 (1)
Doubles, first round
Pedro Martinez / Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) def Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) / Nicolas Jarry (CHI) 36 63 [10-8]