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Beijing leads the day as Chengdu and Hangzhou play semi-finals

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Viewing guide · Monday, September 28, 2026

Beijing leads the day as Chengdu and Hangzhou play semi-finals

Beijing's two China Open draws continue alongside the Japan Open, while Chengdu and Hangzhou settle their semi-finals.

The tour has moved to Asia. Beijing's China Open carries both an ATP draw and a WTA draw, Tokyo stages the Japan Open, and the ATP events in Chengdu and Hangzhou have reached the semi-final stage. All of them are on hard courts.

Beijing is the focal point. The WTA draw is the largest of the day and is at the first round and qualifying stage, while the ATP draw is working through the round of thirty-two with qualifying alongside it. Tokyo sits at the same point of its round of thirty-two, and Chengdu and Hangzhou are already into their semi-finals.

The model's favourite in Beijing is A. Sabalenka in the women's draw and N. Djokovic in the men's; in Tokyo it is C. Alcaraz, and in Chengdu and Hangzhou, A. Davidovich Fokina and D. Medvedev. The Beijing picks begin late in the US evening, in the small hours in the UK and around midday in Australia. The Laver Cup and the WTA events in Seoul and Singapore have finished for the day.

◆ What's on today

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ATP 500Hard$2.342M
Play finishedHard

Japan Open Tennis Championships

Tokyo, JPN · 35 still in the draw

The Japan Open is at the round of thirty-two with qualifying alongside it, and the model's favourite is C. Alcaraz.

Model favourite: C. Alcaraz at 49% to take the title

US
Tennis ChannelT2Tennis Channel appTennis TV
Tennis TV sometimes geo-blocks a 500 in its host country.
UK
Sky Sports TennisNOWSky Go
AU
beIN SPORTSbeIN SPORTS CONNECTTennis TV
CA
TSNRDSTSN+Tennis TV
ATP 500Hard$4.089M
Play finishedHard

China Open

Beijing, CHN · 35 still in the draw

The China Open's ATP draw is at the round of thirty-two with qualifying under way, and the model makes N. Djokovic its favourite for the event. Most of today's pick list comes from this card.

Model favourite: N. Djokovic at 34% to take the title

US
Tennis ChannelT2Tennis Channel appTennis TV
Tennis TV sometimes geo-blocks a 500 in its host country.
UK
Sky Sports TennisNOWSky Go
AU
beIN SPORTSbeIN SPORTS CONNECTTennis TV
CA
TSNRDSTSN+Tennis TV
ATP 250Hard
Play finishedHard

Chengdu Open

Chengdu, CHN · 2 still in the draw

Chengdu is down to its semi-finals, with only a handful of players left in the draw. The model's favourite for the event is A. Davidovich Fokina.

Model favourite: A. Davidovich Fokina at 56% to take the title

US
Tennis ChannelT2Tennis Channel appTennis TV
Tennis TV carries main-court matches only at this level - outside courts are not included.
UK
Sky Sports TennisNOWSky Go
AU
beIN SPORTSbeIN SPORTS CONNECTTennis TV
CA
TSN+Tennis TV
Rarely on linear TV in Canada - TSN+ carries a large share of the slate.
ATP 250Hard
Play finishedHard

Hangzhou Open

Hangzhou, CHN · 2 still in the draw

Hangzhou has also reached the semi-final stage, and the model makes D. Medvedev its favourite for the event.

Model favourite: D. Medvedev at 63% to take the title

US
Tennis ChannelT2Tennis Channel appTennis TV
Tennis TV carries main-court matches only at this level - outside courts are not included.
UK
Sky Sports TennisNOWSky Go
AU
beIN SPORTSbeIN SPORTS CONNECTTennis TV
CA
TSN+Tennis TV
Rarely on linear TV in Canada - TSN+ carries a large share of the slate.
WTA 1000Hard$1.151M
Play finishedHard

China Open

Beijing, CHN · 108 still in the draw

The China Open's WTA draw is the biggest field of the day, at the first round and qualifying stage. The model's favourite for the event is A. Sabalenka.

Model favourite: A. Sabalenka at 30% to take the title

US
Tennis ChannelT2Tennis Channel app
UK
Sky Sports TennisNOWSky Go
AU
beIN SPORTSStan SportbeIN SPORTS CONNECT
Stan Sport took a WTA sub-licence from beIN in March 2026. Stan has no ATP Masters 1000, 500 or overseas 250 events - those are beIN's - but does carry the Australian-staged ATP 250s, the United Cup and the Laver Cup.
CA
TSNTVA SportsTSN+WTA TV

◆ Elsewhere

Finished for the day: Seoul — WTA 250, Singapore — WTA 500, Laver Cup — Laver Cup.

Also on: Jingshan (Challenger) — Challenger 100, Curitiba — Challenger 75, Porto 2 — Challenger 50, Bari — Challenger 50, Columbus — Challenger 75, Mouilleron-le-Captif — Challenger 75, Jingshan (WTA 125) — WTA 125, Adana — WTA 125 — Challenger and WTA 125 events run alongside the main tour and are usually streamed rather than televised; see the tour passes below.

◆ Worth watching

Ranked by the model
11:00 pm ET4:00 am UK1:00 pm AEST
Beijing · ATP 500 · qualifyingHard

T. Machač #74vA. Gea #61

Model: 53% T. Machač · 47% A. Gea

11:30 pm ET4:30 am UK1:30 pm AEST
Tokyo · ATP 500 · qualifyingHard

A. Fils #11vK. Majchrzak #73

Model: 81% A. Fils · 19% K. Majchrzak

11:00 pm ET4:00 am UK1:00 pm AEST
Tokyo · ATP 500 · qualifyingHard

J. Munar #66vA. Kovačević #80

Model: 67% J. Munar · 33% A. Kovačević

11:00 pm ET4:00 am UK1:00 pm AEST
Beijing · WTA 1000 · qualifyingHard

H. Dart #116vY. Ma #161

Model: 69% H. Dart · 31% Y. Ma

11:00 pm ET4:00 am UK1:00 pm AEST
Jingshan · WTA 125 · round of 32Hard

T. Grant #156vA. Falei #220

Model: 53% T. Grant · 47% A. Falei

11:00 pm ET4:00 am UK1:00 pm AEST
Beijing · WTA 1000 · qualifyingHard

E. Jacquemot #165vV. Wolff #245

Model: 60% E. Jacquemot · 40% V. Wolff

11:00 pm ET4:00 am UK1:00 pm AEST
Jingshan · WTA 125 · round of 32Hard

A. Shubladze #163vR. Saigo #288

Model: 81% A. Shubladze · 19% R. Saigo

7:30 am ET12:30 pm UK9:30 pm AEST
Adana · WTA 125 · round of 32Hard

K. Efremova #577vM. Kubka #173

Model: 31% K. Efremova · 69% M. Kubka

◆ Tour streaming passes

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Tennis TV — the ATP's own service: Masters 1000, 500 and 250 events plus the ATP FinalsAvailable worldwide, but geo-blocks are set per tournament and change season to season - Masters 1000 events and the Finals carry no restriction, while some 500s are blocked in their host country. No Grand Slams, no WTA.
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WTA TV — the WTA's own service, positioned as the fallback where there is no local broadcasterBlacked out in markets with a local rights holder, which includes the UK and the US.
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Challenger TV — the full ATP Challenger Tour, live and on demandFree on ATPTour.com, with a companion YouTube channel launched in 2026.
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WTA Unlocked — WTA 125 tournamentsFree, usually two courts per event.

Coverage varies by region. In the United States the tennis sits on Tennis Channel, with the Tennis Channel app and Tennis TV streaming; in the UK, Sky Sports Tennis carries it with NOW and Sky Go. Australia has beIN SPORTS on the ATP events and Stan Sport on the WTA draw, while Canada has TSN, RDS and TVA Sports, with TSN+ and WTA TV streaming. Tennis TV blocks some events in their host country, and the WTA's own service is unavailable where a local broadcaster holds the rights. Away from the main tours, the Challenger circuit and the WTA's smaller events are running across Europe, Asia and the Americas, with free coverage on Challenger TV and WTA Unlocked.

Channels are listed from KickServe's curated rights map (updated 2026-07-25) and can change at short notice — always check your local listings. Start times are earliest-possible: a match begins when the previous one on that court finishes. Win probabilities come from our rating model and are context, not betting advice.