October 20, 2025

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

A great Canadian doubleheader at a reasonable hour from Tokyo, where Leylah Fernandez gets it going against Maria Sakkari – at 9:30 p.m. Monday night.

After that, the all-Canuckian clash between Bianca Andreescu and Victoria Mboko – both of whom who could use a victory.

And later, those latter two team up for doubles. They were originally scheduled on Monday, but Noskova and Sramkova withdrew; so they waited for the alternate team, which is Emiliana Arango and Zeynep Sonmez.

(Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of EDT, Guangzhou is 12 hours ahead)

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Toray Pan Pacific Open
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Surface: Hard
Category: WTA 500
Dates:
Oct. 20 – 26, 2025
Prize money: $1,064,510
Draws: S28 – D16

Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025
Order of play

Center Court (10:30 a.m. start – 9:30 p.m. Monday EDT)

1. Leylah Fernandez (CAN) vs. [Q] Maria Sakkari (GRE)

2. [9] Victoria Mboko (CAN) vs. [WC] Bianca Andreescu (CAN)

3. [WC] Wakana Sonobe (JPN) vs. [WC] Nikola Bartunkova (CZE)

4. [10] Sofia Kenin (USA) vs. [WC] Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) (not before 5 p.m.)

Show Court

1. [7] Diana Shnaider (RUS) vs. Dayana Yastremska (UKR)

2. Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) vs. [Q] Alina Charaeva (RUS)

3. [2] Asia Muhammad (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) vs. Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Cristina Bucsa (ESP)

4. [WC] Bianca Andreescu / Victoria Mboko (CAN) vs. [ALT] Emiliana Arango (COL) / Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) (after suitable rest)

5. [3] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) vs. Giuliana Olmos (MEX) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) (possible court change)

 

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Guangzhou Open
Location: Guangzhou, China
Surface: Hard
Category: WTA 250
Dates:
Oct. 20 – 26, 2025
Prize money: $275,094
Draws: S32 – D16

Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025
Order of play

Center Court (11 a.m. start – 11 p.m. Monday EDT)

1. [2] Ann Li (USA) vs. [LL] Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND)

2. Anna Bondar (HUN) vs. [WC] Guo Hanyu (CHN)

3. [WC] Zhang Shuai (CHN) vs. Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) (not before 3 p.m.)

4. [4] Alexandra Eala (PHI) vs. [Q] Claire Liu (USA)

5. [5] Alycia Parks (USA) vs. Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) (not before 7 p.m.)

Court 2

1. Camila Osorio (COL) vs. Lucia Bronzetti (ITA)

2. [1] Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) vs. [Q] Lulu Sun (NZL)

3. [8] Polina Kudermetova (RUS) vs. [LL] Tiatsoa Rakotomagna Rajaonah (FRA)

4. Caty McNally (USA) vs. [Q] Kaja Juvan (SLO)

5. Polina Kudermetova / Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) vs. Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) / Zheng Wushuang (CHN) (after suitable rest/not before 5 p.m.)

Court 5

1. Ella Seidel (GER) vs. Léolia Jeanjean (FRA)

2. [6] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) vs. [Q] Alina Korneeva (RUS)

3. [Q] Katie Volynets (USA) vs. [Q] Katarzyna Kawa (POL)

4. [2] Isabelle Haverlag (NED) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) vs. [ALT] Lucia Bronzetti / Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) (after suitable rest/not before 3:30 p.m.)

5. [3] Monica Niculescu (ROU) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) vs. Anna Bondar (HUN) / Veronika Erjavec (SLO) 

 

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