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At long last, China has a bit of a roster of charismatic, talented players on the men’s side.
Which has to make these smaller events that kick off the Asian swing a lot more interesting.
We’re talking about Zhang Zhizhen, and Wu Yibing, and Shang Juncheng, among others.
In the new tournament at Hangzhou, the retractable roof has already come in handy as it hosted a full set of singles – with all of the other first-round singles matches of the day going indoors.
As well, it was back to the ATP level for Kei Nishikori, who went to Europe to play Challengers, and then Davis Cup, after he couldn’t get a wild card into the US Open and couldn’t use a protected ranking there. He was competitive agains young Jerry Shang, but ultimately goes out.
(Chengdu and Hangzhou are 12 hours ahead of EDT)
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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
Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
[5] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) def. [Q] Terence Atmane (FRA) 67 (9) 61 63
[8] Roman Safiullin (RUS) def. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 63 46 64
[Q] Federico Agustin Gomez (ARG) def Alexandre Muller (FRA) 64 75
Yannick Hanfmann (GER) def. [Q] Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) 64 76 (4)
[Q] Alibek Kachmazov (RUS) def Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) 64 76 (7)
Christopher O’Connell (AUS) def Pavel Kotov (RUS) 64 75
Juncheng Shang (CHN) def [WC] Kei Nishikori (JPN) 64 64
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) def Borna Coric (CRO) 36 76 (9) 64
[WC] Zhou Yi (CHN) def Chun-Hsin Tseng (TPE) 26 61 31 retd
Doubles, first round
David Pel / Bart Stevens (NED) def Pedro Martinez (ESP) / Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 76 (8) 76 (0)
Evan King / Reese Stalder (USA) def. Cui Jie / Sun Fajing(CHN) 75 63
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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
Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
[6] Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) def. [Q] Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) 62 16 64
[8] Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) def Maximilian Marterer (GER) 64 62
Mattia Bellucci (ITA) def Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 64 60
[WC] Yunchaokete Bu (CHN) def Hugo Gaston (FRA) 75 63
3. Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) def Corentin Moutet (FRA) 76 (6) 61
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) def Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 26 76 (6) 62
Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) def. [Q] Marco Trungelliti (ARG) 61 61
[Q] Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) def Sumit Nagal (IND) [LL] James McCabe (AUS) 64 64
[Q] Coleman Wong (HKG) def [WC] Yibing Wu (CHN) 63 retd
Doubles, first round
[WC] Bu Yunchaokete / Rigele Te (CHN) def. [WC] Jin Yuquan / Li Zekai (CHN) 63 64
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan / Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs. Blake Bayldon / Thomas Fancutt (AUS)
[2] Julian Cash / Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) vs. Nicolas Barrientos (COL) / Skander Mansouri (TUN)
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