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It’s finals day in Astana, while it’s semifinals day in Beijing as the Shanghai 96-draw has the final round of qualifying.

So it’s been a busy and kind of frantic period on the ATP Tour, with mid-week starts in tournaments and the expension of Beijing, which returns for the first time since 2019 (crazy to think about that, isn’t it?)

The semis lineup in Beijing had potential to be pretty great. But in the end, Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner were straight-sets winner.

WTA Tour – Tuesday results

(Beijing and Shanghai are 12 hours ahead of EDT; Astana is 10 hours ahead)

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China Open
Location: Beijing, China
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 28 – Oct. 4, 2023
Prize money: $3,798,915
Draws: S32 – D16

Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023
Final results

Singles, semifinals

[2] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def. [8] Alexander Zverev (GER) 64 63

[6] Jannik Sinner (ITA) def. [1] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 76 (4) 61

Doubles, semifinals

[1] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Austin Krajicek (USA) def. [4] Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 46 75 [10-6]

[2] Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Neal Skupski (GBR) def Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev (RUS) 76 (3) 62

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Astana Open
Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 27 – Oct. 3, 2023
Prize money: $1,093,360
Draws: S28 – D16

Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023
Final results

Singles final

[6] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) def [5] Sebastian Korda (USA) 46 63 62

Doubles final

[2] Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow (USA) def [4] Mate Pavic (CRO) / John Peers (AUS) 76 (4) 76 (7)

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Rolex Shanghai Masters
Location: Shanghai, China
Category: ATP 1000
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 4 – 15, 2023
Prize money: $10,046,270
Draws: S96 – D24

Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023
Final results
Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[5] Terence Atmane (FRA) def. Steven Diez (CAN) 76 (2) 62 (Jordan Thompson)
[3] James Duckworth (AUS) def. [21] James McCabe (AUS) 76 (6) 62 (Yannick Hanfmann)
[1] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) def. Benjamin Lock (ZIM) 61 64 (Laslo Djere)
[9] Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE) def. Fajing Sun (CHN) 67 (1) 63 61 (Max Purcell)
[2] Alexandar Kovacevic (USA) def. [13] Li Tu (AUS) 62 67 (8) 75 (Cristian Garin)
[16] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) def. Luke Saville (AUS) 63 63 (Alexandre Muller)
[18] Stefano Napolitano (ITA) def [4] Marc Polmans (AUS) 67 (3) 66 DEFAULT ([Q] Bebit Zhukayev)
Philip Sekulic (AUS) def. Arthur Weber (FRA) 64 63 (Lorenzo Sonego)
[19] Dane Sweeny (AUS) def [12] Seongchan Hong (KOR) 62 61 (Taro Daniel)
Chun-Hsin Tseng (TPE) def Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 76 (4) 46 63 (Alexander Shevchenko)
[20] Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) def [10] Tung-Lin Wu (TPE) 64 46 63 (Marton Fucsovics)
Beibit Zhukayev (KAZ) def Dominik Palan (CZE) 76 (6) 36 63 ([Q] Stefano Napolitano)