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Some late pullouts and draw reworkings have make the Canadian content portion of this tournament a crazy mess.
But No. 1 seed Jasmine Paolini, having secured her qualification for the Tour finals, is out. And Mirra Andreeva, who is on the bubble, was unable to take a wild card because a Russian getting a last-minute visa into Japan is … problematic.
So it’s up for grabs.
Late in the day, the all-Canadian team of Bianca Andreescu and Victoria Mboko will debut – but not against Noskova/Sramkova, as expected. Instead, they’ll play an alternate team. So even that wasn’t set in stone.
(Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of EDT, Guangzhou is 12 hours ahead)
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
Surface: Hard
Category: WTA 500
Dates: Oct. 20 – 26, 2025
Prize money: $1,064,510
Draws: S28 – D16
Monday, Oct. 20, 2025
Order of play
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Center Court (10:30 a.m. start – 9:30 p.m. Sunday)
1. [Q] Katie Boulter (GBR) vs. [Q] Eva Lys (GER)
2. McCartney Kessler (USA) vs. [Q] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) (not before 11:30 p.m.)
3. Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) vs. [LL] Suzan Lamens (NED)
4. [8] Karolina Muchova (CZE) vs. [PR] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) (not before 5 p.m.)
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Show Court
1. Wang Xinyu (CHN) vs. [Q] Varvara Gracheva (FRA)
2. Maya Joint (AUS) vs. [LL] Viktorija Golubic (SUI)
3. Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) vs. [WC] Wakana Sonobe / Moyuka Uchijima (JPN)
Linda Noskova (CZE) / Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) ALTERNATE
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Location: Guangzhou, China
Surface: Hard
Category: WTA 250
Dates: Oct. 20 – 26, 2025
Prize money: $275,094
Draws: S32 – D16
Monday, Oct. 20, 2025
Order of play
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Center Court (11 a.m. start – 11 p.m. Sunday EDT)
1. [5] Katarzyna Kawa (POL) vs. [WC] Hong Yi Cody Wong (HKG) (Qualifying, final round)
2. [1] Katie Volynets (USA) vs. Lanlana Tararudee (THA) (not before 12:30 p.m.) (Qualifying, final round)
3. [7] Francesca Jones (GBR) vs. [WC] Wang Xiyu (CHN) (not before 3 p.m.)
4. Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) vs. Diane Parry (FRA)
5. [WC] Wang Yafan (CHN) vs. Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) (not before 7 p.m.)
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Court 2
1. [4] Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND) vs. Claire Liu (USA) (Qualifying, final round)
2. Alina Korneeva (RUS) vs. Tatiana Prozorova (RUS) (not before 12:30 p.m.) (Qualifying, final round)
3. [3] Tatjana Maria (GER) vs. Veronika Erjavec (SLO) (not before 2 p.m.)
4. [2] Isabelle Haverlag (NED) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) vs. Feng Shuo / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN)
5. [WC] Song Fanhi / Qu Shutong (CHN) vs. Eudice Chong (HKR) / En-Shuo Liang (TPE)
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Court 5
1. [3] Kaja Juvan (SLO) vs. [12] Tamara Korpatsch (GER) (Qualifying, final round)
2. [6] Lulu Sun (NZL) vs. [7] Tiatsoa Rakotomagna Rajaonah (FRA) (not before 12:30 p.m.) (Qualifying, final round)
3. Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Elixane Lechemia (FRA) vs. I-Hsuan Cho / Yi-Tsen Cho (TPE) (not before 2 p.m.)
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