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No. 2 seed Karen Khachanov and No. 4 Brandon Nakashima swing into action in Hangzhou.
No. 3 Nicolas Jarry (who played little in Davis Cup last week) and No. 4 Pedro Martinez are doing the same in Chengdu.
The two ATP 250 events have 28 draws, with the four top seeds getting first-round byes.
So far, the crowds in Hangzhou – a new, relocated event with a spiffy retractable-roofed stadium – have been … underwhelming.
(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
Friday, Sept. 20, 2024
Final results
Singles, second round
Yannick Hanfmann (GER) def [7] Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) 64 36 63
[3] Nicolas Jarry (CHI) def. Lukas Klein (SVK) 76 (2) 36 64
[4] Pedro Martinez (ESP) def Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) 63 64
[Q] Alibek Kachmazov (RUS) def Taro Daniel (JPN) 76 (1) 61
Doubles, first round
[1] Sadio Doumbia / Fabiel Reboul (FRA) def. Adrian Mannarino / Alexander Muller (FRA) 62 63
[2] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Rafael Matos (BRA) def [ALT] Pavel Kotov (RUS) / Giovanni Mpetschi Perricard (FRA) 63 64
Gonzalo Escobar / Diego Hidalgo (ECU) def. Cristian Rodriguez (COL) / Matthew Romios (AUS) 75 64
[WC] Mo Ye Cong / Tang Sheng (CHN) def Benjamin Lock / Courtney John Lock (ZIM) 63 76 (8)
Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) def. [WC] Wang Aoran / Zhou Yi (CHN) 63 64
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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
Friday, Sept. 20, 2024
Final results
Singles, second round
[WC] Yunchaokete Bu (CHN) def. [2] Karen Khachanov (RUS) 76 (7) 46 63
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) def [7] Fabian Marozsan (HUN) WALKOVER
[4] Brandon Nakashima (USA) def. [Q] Coleman Wong (HKG) 67 (7) 76 (4) 61
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) def Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) 64 76 (3)
Doubles, first round
Radu Albot (MDA) / Maximilian Marterer (GER) def [1] Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow (USA) 61 26 [10-8]
[2] Julian Cash / Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) def Nicolas Barrientos (COL) / Skander Mansouri (TUN) 63 67 (4) [10-5]
[3] Ariel Behar (URU) / Robert Galloway (USA) def. [ALT] Rubin Statham (NZL) / Zachary Svajda (USA) 76 (3) 62
Constantin Frantzen / Hendrick Jebens (GER) def. Alexander Erler (AUT) / Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 75 67 (5) [10-5]
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan / Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) def. Blake Bayldon / Thomas Fancutt (AUS) 76 (4) 46 [10-7]
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woops…. meant to come down on LAVER CUP ….of course … hahahahah
What kind of pushback is there from ATP tournaments like Chengdu and Hangzhou that are paying 1.1 million dollars but are not getting the top players ? Ticket sales are dismal so they can’t be making much back with that. The top guys are at the Hopman Cup of course this week, which is a dreary, irrelevant exhibition (and that is being kind, in my opinion). I wish Hopman Cup would disappear and the Davis Cup could thus use this better week. I keep hearing of the economic trouble in China, but it looks like the corporate money doesn’t care … what gives ?