All three top seeds faced early exits, Osaka advanced with a straight-sets win, leaving the remaining spots in the finals up for grabs.

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Last night Beijing time, the three ATP250 indoor hard court events kicked off this week. At Almaty: Frenchman Mutai defeated Australian Tomic 6-1, 7-6(9); Canadian Diallo comfortably beat wildcard Omarhanov 6-3, 6-1; Hungarian Marosan eliminated Italian rising star Nardi 7-6(3), 6-3; qualifier Duckworth overcame fellow qualifier Brownsche 6-3, 6-4.

Brussels: French player Bonzi advanced by beating American giant Opelka 6-4, 6-4. American Giron also secured a first-round win over Italian Berrettini 6-3, 6-4. Stockholm: Three top-eight seeds stumbled out in the first round. Fifth seed Griekspoor lost to Brit Finley 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-6(5); sixth seed A. Muller was defeated by Serbian Kecmanovic 4-6, 1-6; seventh seed Poplin was upset by American Korda 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-3.

Turning to the women’s court, the WTA500 Ningbo Open began yesterday afternoon Beijing time. Chinese wildcard Wang Xiyu, despite twice breaking serve and leading in both sets, was defeated 7-5, 6-3 by seventh seed Schneider, missing out on advancement. Other matches: sixth seed Bencic beat Polish player Linette 6-3, 6-2; American Kessler dominated compatriot Kenin 6-1, 6-0, both earning opening wins. Senmez and Starodubtseva also advanced.

In doubles first round: The Chinese-Czech pair Zhang Shuai/Wan Zhuosowa squandered a 9-5 lead and four match points in the deciding tiebreak, eventually losing 4-6, 6-4, 9-11 to the China-Norway duo Tang Qianhui/Eikli, exiting in their opening match.

At the WTA250 Osaka tournament: On the first day, top seed and Japanese star Naomi Osaka performed brilliantly, defeating wildcard Sonobe Hazumu 6-0, 6-4 to advance strongly. Second seed, Czech rising star Noskova, was upset in the first round by Brit Bolt 7-6(3), 6-3. Kostya, Krug, Ramens, and Danilovic also won their matches to reach round two.

For the latest updates: Last night Beijing time, the WTA officially announced that American Pegula has qualified for the WTA year-end finals. This marks Pegula’s fourth consecutive appearance at the season-ending event. With Pegula securing her spot, six singles places are confirmed, leaving two spots still undecided. These two slots are likely to be contested among Russian rising star Mira Andreeva, Italian powerhouse Paolini, Kazakhstan’s Leylah Fernandez, and Russian Alexandrovna.

The doubles team of Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Latvia’s Ostapenko have also confirmed their qualification for the year-end finals.

Additionally, the Saudi Six Kings Grand Slam exhibition schedule was released last night Beijing time. October 15: Zverev vs Fritz, Sinner vs Tsitsipas; October 16: Alcaraz vs the winner of Zverev/Fritz, Djokovic vs the winner of Sinner/Tsitsipas; October 17: rest day; October 18: third place match and final.

Finally, let’s play a guessing game. The photo below shows a player lying on the grass after a victory. Without any hints, can you identify who he is?

Last time’s guess was correctly answered by tennis fan “Liu Yang” from Shanghai. Indeed, the suitcase in the picture belongs to Ostapenko.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Lone Wolf)