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Tennis on Thursday, October 1, 2026: ATP Beijing, ATP Tokyo, WTA Beijing. Match times, channels and the model's pick.
The tours are in Asia. Beijing hosts an ATP 500 and a WTA 1000 on hard courts, and Tokyo stages an ATP 500. Below that, the Challenger and WTA 125 circuits are busy across several continents.
Play in Asia means morning tennis in the United States, afternoon in Britain and evening in Australia, with part of the women's draw running into the small hours in Britain.
In Britain it is Sky Sports Tennis, with NOW and Sky Go. Australian viewers have beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS CONNECT, plus Stan Sport for the WTA and Tennis TV for the ATP. In Canada, look to TSN, RDS, TSN+ and TVA Sports, with WTA TV for the women's draw.
Tokyo, JPN · 16 still in the draw
The men's draw is well advanced and the card is spread across the day.
Model favourite: C. Alcaraz at 64% to take the title
Beijing, CHN · 17 still in the draw
A deep field is still in, with hard-court tennis through the day.
Model favourite: N. Djokovic at 36% to take the title
Beijing, CHN · 63 still in the draw
Most of the women's play comes late in the British evening and into the night.
Model favourite: A. Sabalenka at 30% to take the title
Finished for the day: Chengdu — ATP 250, Hangzhou — ATP 250.
Also on: Jingshan (Challenger) — Challenger 100, Bari — Challenger 50, Columbus — Challenger 75, Curitiba — Challenger 75, Mouilleron-le-Captif — Challenger 75, Porto 2 — Challenger 50, 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.
Model: 43% V. Vacherot · 57% S. Tsitsipas
Model: 28% J. Tjen · 72% D. Shnaider
Model: 47% V. Golubić · 53% P. Stearns
Model: 47% D. Yastremska · 53% M. Chwalinska
Model: 12% Y. Yuan · 88% M. Andreeva
Model: 22% L. Fruhvirtová · 78% L. Samsonova
Model: 23% K. Okamura · 77% E. Jones
Model: 39% E. Ymer · 61% F. Cinà
Lower down, the Challenger tour has events at Porto, Bari, Mouilleron-le-Captif, Columbus, Curitiba and Jingshan, and there is WTA 125 tennis at Jingshan and Adana. Plenty to fill the hours around the main draws.