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Semifinals in both Chengdu and Hangzou, the former of which only has one seed still alive.
But it’s the No. 1 seed, Lorenzo Musetti.
But there’s Chinese interest there in the other semi, as Jerry Shang got through.
And in Hangzhou, they were guaranteed to have a Chinese player in the final as Zhang playd Bu in the second semifinal, and won.
(Chengdu and Hangzhou are 12 hours ahead of EDT; Tokyo is 13 hours)
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Location: Chengdu, China
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Sept. 18 – 24, 2024
Prize money: $1,171,655
Draws: S28 – D16
Monday, Sept. 23, 2024
Final results
Singles, semifinals
[1] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) def [Q] Alibek Kachmazov (RUS) 64 62
Juncheng Shang (CHN) def Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 64 64
Doubles semifinal
[3] Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Albano Olivetti (FRA) def [2] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Rafael Matos (BRA) 63 76 (9)
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Location: Hangzhou, China
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Sept. 18 – 24, 2024
Prize money: $1,081,395
Draws: S28 – D16
Monday, Sept. 23, 2024
Final results
Singles, semifinals
[WC] Marin Cilic (CRO) def [4] Brandon Nakashima (USA) 64 76 (6)
[6] Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) def [WC] Yunchaokete Bu (CHN) 76 (3) 64
Doubles semifinal
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan / Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) def [3] Ariel Behar (URU) / Robert Galloway (USA) 06 62 [10-4]
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Sept. 25 – Oct. 1, 2024
Prize money: $1,989,865
Draws: S32 – D16
Monday, Sept. 23, 2024
Final results
Singles qualifying, first round
[ALT] Mattias Bellucci (ITA) def. [3] Alexandre Muller (FRA) 46 62 76 (3)
Taro Daniel (JPN) def. [4] Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) 63 67 (4) 76 (4)
Borna Coric (CRO) def. [7] Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 63 64
[1] Alex Michelsen (USA) def. [WC] Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 63 64
[2] Botic Van de Zandschulp (NED) def. [WC] Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) 26 63 61
[5] Christopher O’Connell (AUS) def. [ALT] Otto Virtanen (FIN) 64 64
[6] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) def Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) 76 (2) 67 (1) 76 (3)
[8] Luca Nardi (ITA) def [WC] Rei Sakomoto (JPN) 63 61
Doubles qualifying, first round
[1] Nicolas Barrientos (COL) / Skander Mansouri (TUN) def. [WC] Shintaro Mochizuki / Takeru Yuzuki (JPN) 63 62
[2] Alexander Erler (AUT) / Matwe Middelkoop (NED) def. Evan King / Reese Stalder (USA) 62 64