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More players who’ve just flown in from parts beyond jump in to action in China on Friday.

That included Jan-Lennard Struff in Zhuhai, who played the UTS event at home in Frankfurt last weekend. He, and all the seeds in action, advanced.

In Chengdu, No. 4 seed Daniel Evans was in from Davis Cup, and No. 3 seed Grigor Dimitrov from the UTS event as well. Evans lost; Dimitrov didn’t get on court as the sked was curtailed because of weather.

(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

Friday, Sept. 22, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

[1] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def. [Q] Alex Bolt (AUS) 64 64
[3] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) def. Cristian Garin (CHI) 63 16 64
[6] Mackenzie McDonald (USA) def Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) 46 63 62
[8] Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) def. Lloyd Harris (RSA) 76 (4) 76 (5)

Doubles, first round

[1] Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL) def. Andrew Harris / Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 62 62
[4] Alexander Erler / Lucas Miedler (AUT) def. Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) / David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 61 76 (4)

Evan King / Reese Stalder (USA) def. [WC] Ye Cong Mo / Xiaofei Wang (CHN) 64 63
Anirudh Chandrasekar /  Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) def. Arjun Kadhe (IND) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 62 46 [10-6]
[WC] Xin Gao / Zhe Li (CHN) def. Aslan Karatsev (RUS) / Luke Saville (AUS) [ALT] Marc Polmans / Matthew Christopher Romios (AUS) 76 (4) 76 (4)

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Chengdu Open
Location: Chengdu, China
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 20 – 26, 2023
Prize money: $1,261,555
Draws: S28 – D16

Friday, Sept. 22, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

Roman Safiullin (RUS) def. [4] Daniel Evans (GBR) 63 63

Christopher O’Connell (AUS) def Taro Daniel (JPN) 76 (10) 64
Jordan Thompson (AUS) def Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 61 76 (1)

Cancelled

[3] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs. Juan Pablo Varillas (PER)

Doubles, first round

Nuno Borges (POR) / Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) def. Nicolas Barrientos (COL) / Andre Goransson (SWE) 64 76 (2)

Suspended

[3] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) / Matwe Middelkoop (NED) def. Marcos Giron (USA) / Rubin Statham (NZL) 43 suspended

Cancelled

[2] Francisco Cabral (POR) / Rafael Matos (BRA) vs. Christopher O’Connell / Aleksandar Vukic  (AUS)

Max Purcell / Jordan Thompson  (AUS) vs. Ariel Behar (URU) / Patrik Niklas-Salminen (FIN) 

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