–

It’s Monday – so … of COURSE that means it’s semifinal day, right?

Well, it is this week as the ATP events have Wednesday starts and Tuesday finishes.

The good news is that the three top seeds in Chengdu (three fun seeds, too) made it to the final four.

And in Zhuhai, No. 1 Karen Khachanov beat No. 4 Sebastian Korda in one semifinal.

Most of these players will migrate to Shanghai for the big Masters 1000 tournament, which starts midweek although with a lot of first-round byes.

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

**********************************

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

Monday, Sept. 25, 2023
Final results

Singles, semifinals

[1] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def [4] Sebastian Korda (USA) 75 64
[8] Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) def Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 64 64

Doubles, semifinals

[3] Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow (USA) def [1] Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL) 76 (3) 46 [10-6]

[2] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Michael Venus (NZL) def Sebastian Korda / Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 63 67 (4) [10-2]

**********************************

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

Monday, Sept. 25, 2023
Final results

Singles, semifinals

Roman Safiullin (RUS) def [2] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 63 64

[1] Alexander Zverev (GER) def [3] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 63 76 (2)

Double, semifinals

[1] Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) def Marcos Giron (USA) / Rubin Statham (NZL) 64 64
[2] Francisco Cabral (POR) / Rafael Matos (BRA) def Nuno Borges (POR) / Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) WALKOVER

**********************************

About Post Author

Stephanie Myles

See author's posts