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ATP tennis is back in China for the first time in four years, with the first week featuring a pair of 250 events in Zhuhai and Chengdu.

Some of the top players are planning to make their way there – including players like Andy Murray, fresh off their Davis Cup triumphs last weekend.

In the meantime, the Australians did pretty well overall in qualifying both in Zhuhai and Chengdu.

WTA Tour – Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 final results

(Chengdu and Zhuhai are both 12 hours ahead of EDT)

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Zhuhai Championships
Location: Zhuhai, China
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 20 – 26, 2023
Prize money: $1,057,295
Draws: S28 – D16

[8] Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) def. Terence Atmane (FRA) 06 64 62

Lloyd Harris (RSA) def. [PR] Jiri Vesely (CZE) 64 62
Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) def. [WC] Zhe Li (CHN) 64 63

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

Alex Bolt (AUS) def [8] Antoine Bellier (SUI) 64 76 (0) (Diego Schwartzman)
[1] Marc Polmans (AUS) def. [6] Arthur Weber (FRA) 63 60 ([Q] Dane Sweeny)
[7] Luke Saville (AUS) def [3] Stefano Napolitano (ITA) 63 62 ([5] Thomas Martin Etcheverry)
[2] Dane Sweeny (AUS) vs. [5] Dominik Palan (CZE) 46 63 64 ([Q] Marc Polmans)

Taro Daniel (JPN) def. [8] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) 46 64 62

Corentin Moutet (FRA) def. [WC] Tao Mu (CHN) 62 62
Roman Safiullin (RUS) def. Brandon Nakashima (USA) 64 64

[4] Julian Cash (GBR) / Robert Galloway (USA) def. [WC] Wenfu Li / Mingyuan Yang (CHN) 62 61

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[1] Pavel Kotov (RUS) def. [5] Omar Jasika (AUS) 62 62 (Daniel Elahi Galan)
[6] Alibek Kachmazov (RUS) def [2] Li Tu (AUS) 64 62 (Christopher O’Connell)
[8] Benjamin Lock (ZIM) def. [4] Rio Noguchi (JPN) 63 76 (5) ([7] Miomir Kecmanovic)
[7] Philip Sekulic (AUS) def. [3] Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) 62 46 62 (Nuno Borges)