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The seeds are (theoretically) starting to meet in the third round, with No. 4 Jessica Pegula playing No. 13 Jelena Ostapenko.

But there have been some upsets. So there are some intriguing matches involving unseeded players – including an all-Poland matchup between No. 2 Iga Swiatek and Magda Linette.

As well, Elena Rybakina meets teenaged qualifier Mirra Andreeva.

ATP Tour – Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023 final results

(Beijing is 12 hours ahead of ET).

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China Open
Location: Beijing, China
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 30 – Oct. 6, 2023
Prize money: $8,127,389
Draws: S56 – D28

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023
Final results

Singles, third round

[13] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def [4] Jessica Pegula (USA) 64 62

[2] Iga Swiatek (POL) def Magda Linette (POL) 61 61
[5] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. [Q] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) 26 64 61

Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 64 67 (4) 75

Doubles, second round

Ingrid Gamarra Martins / Luisa Stefani (BRA) def [2] Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (USA) 57 62 [10-5]
Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) def [3] Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 75 26 [10-6]

Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) / Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def. Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) 60 63
Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Xu Yifan (CHN) def. [WC] Guo Hanyu / Jiang XInyu (CHN) 62 62