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Three lucky losers into the Beijing draw as Grigor Dimitrov and Jan-Lennard Struff (both at Laver Cup last week), to name two, were late scratches.

And the crazy part is that Alcaraz, Medvedev and Rublev were on the second court, with Chinese players taking the two ATP spots on the big Diamond Court in Friday’s sked.

That’s exciting news for men’s tennis in the country.

Berrettini v Fils and Hurkacz v Draper were the spotlight matches in Tokyo. But Berrettini went down with another injury – abdominals.

WTA Tour – Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 final results

(Beijing is 12 hours ahead of EDT; Tokyo is 13 hours ahead)

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Japan Open Tennis Championships
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Category: ATP 500 
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Sept. 25 – Oct. 1, 2024
Prize money: $1,989,865
Draws: S32 – D16

Friday, Sept. 27, 2024
Final results

Singles, second round

Jack Draper (GBR) def [2] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 64 64

 

[8] Ben Shelton (USA) def. Mariano Navone (ARG) 64 63

 

Arthur Fils (FRA) def Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 67 (5) retd

Ugo Humbert (FRA) def [SE] Brandon Nakashima (USA) 63 62

 

Doubles, first round

 Alex Michelsen (USA) / Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) def. Luciano Darderi (ITA) / Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 63 67 (5) [10-7]

 

Ben Shelton (USA) / Jordan Thompson (AUS) def [WC] Yoshihito Nishioka / Kaito Uesugi (JPN) 76 (3) 62

 

[2] Hugo Nys (MON) / Jan Zielinski (POL) vs. Rinky Hijikata / Alexei Popyrin (AUS)

[3] Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) vs. Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL)

 

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China Open
Location: Beijing, China
Category: ATP 500 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Sept. 26 – Oct. 2, 2024
Prize money: $3,720,165
Draws: S32 – D16

Friday, Sept. 27, 2024
Final results

Singles, first round

[2] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) 64 64

[3] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def Gaël Monfils (FRA) 63 64

[4] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. [PR] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 60 46 64

[6] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) def [Q] Zizou Bergs (BEL) 75 46 63

[7] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def. [LL] Roberto Carballes Baena  (ESP) 64 64

 

[Q] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) def. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [LL] Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 63 64

[WC] Yunchaokete Bu (CHN) def [SE] Jerry Shang (CHN) 67 (3) 62 64

Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) def [Q] Jakub Mensik (CZE) 76 (4) 61

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) def Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) 63 46 63

Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) [LL] Roman Safiullin (RUS) def [WC] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 63 64

 

 

Doubles, first round

[1] Simone Bolelli / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) def. [WC] Wang Aoran / Zhou Yi (CHN) 75 61

 

Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) def [LL] Gonzalo Escobar / Diego Hidalgo (ECU) 62 16 [11-9]

Alexander Bublik (KAZ) / Pedro Martinez (ESP) def. [WC] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) / Bu Yunchaokete (CHN) 63 64

 

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WTA Tour – Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 final results

ATP Tour – Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 final results

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