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The Asian swing begins with two smaller, ATP 250-level events in Chengdu (not new) and Hangzhou (new).
Hangzhou WAS Zhuhai – which was the host last week of one group in the Davis Cup finals qualifiers.
It’s a huge city – nearly 13 million, about 200 miles fron Shanghai. The main stadium has an 8,000-seat capacity – and a roof! Two other courts have 2,000-seat capacities.
The best ews out of Wednesday is that Marin Cilic won his first match at the ATP level since … Jan. 2023 in Pune, India. It’s been so long, that tournament no longer exists.
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Chengdu Open
Location: Chengdu, China
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Sept. 18 – 24, 2024
Prize money: $1,171,655
Draws: S28 – D16
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
Taro Daniel (JPN) def [6] Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 64 75
[7] Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) def. [WC] Fajing Sun (CHN) 67 (5) 75 64
Lukas Klein (SVK) def Adam Walton (AUS) 76 (3) 64
Doubles, first round
[3] Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Albano Olivetti (FRA) def. [ALT] Toshihide Matsui (JPN) / Adam Walton (AUS) 63 63
Qualifying, final round
(1st-round opponents in brackets)
[4] Terence Atmane (FRA) def Bai Yan (CHN) 63 62 ([5] Adrian Mannarino)
[5] Federico Agustin Gomez (ARG) def Beibit Zhukayev (KAZ) 64 64 (Alexandre Muller)
Alibek Kachmazov (RUS) def. [WC] Cui Jie (CHN) 63 62 (Alexander Kovacevic)
[2] Shintaro Mochizuji (JPN) def [8] Li Tu (AUS) 76 (3) 16 76 (1) (Yannick Hanfmann)
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Hangzhou Open
Location: Hangzhou, China
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Sept. 18 – 24, 2024
Prize money: $1,081,395
Draws: S28 – D16
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) def [5] Luciano Darderi (ITA) 63 64
[7] Fabian Marozsan (HUN) def. Luca Nardi (ITA) 60 62
[WC] Marin Cilic (CRO) def Zachary Svajda (USA) 57 63 60
Doubles, first round
[4] Jamie Murray (GBR) / John Peers (AUS) def. Yoshihito Nishioka / Keiji Uesugi (JPN) 75 75
[ALT] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) / Mackenzie McDonald (USA) def. Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli / Arjun Kache (IND) 63 75
Qualifying, final round
(1st-round opponents in brackets)
[2] Marco Trungelliti (ARG) def. James McCabe (AUS) 62 63 (Alexander Shevchenko)
[6] Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) def [3] Mitchell Krueger (USA) 64 63 (Sumit Nagal)
[4] Coleman Wong (HKG) def. [WC] Te Rigele (CHN) 67 (9) 64 64 ([WC] Wu Yibing)
[8] Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) def. [ALT] Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) 06 64 64 ([6] Zhang Zhizhen)
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