The words on this page are drafted each morning by a language model from the day's schedule, results and broadcast rights; start times and channels come from the data, not the model. Corrections to Joe Lucibello.
Tennis on Friday, October 2, 2026: ATP Tokyo, ATP Beijing, WTA Beijing. Match times, channels and the model's pick.
Three tour-level events carry the day, all on hard courts in Asia. The model's favourites for the titles are C. Alcaraz in Tokyo, N. Djokovic in Beijing's men's event and A. Sabalenka in the women's.
Coverage sits in familiar hands. Sky Sports Tennis carries them in the UK and Ireland through NOW and Sky Go.
Below the tour level the day is busy: Challenger events in Bari, Porto, Jingshan, Columbus, Curitiba and Mouilleron-le-Captif, and smaller WTA events in Adana and Jingshan.
Beijing, CHN · 13 still in the draw
Model favourite: N. Djokovic at 37% to take the title
Tokyo, JPN · 13 still in the draw
Model favourite: C. Alcaraz at 63% to take the title
Beijing, CHN · 48 still in the draw
It also has the longest card of the day.
Model favourite: A. Sabalenka at 30% to take the title
Also on: Jingshan (Challenger) — Challenger 100, Bari — Challenger 50, Columbus — Challenger 75, Curitiba — Challenger 75, Mouilleron-le-Captif — Challenger 75, Porto 2 — Challenger 50, Suzhou — WTA 125, Adana — WTA 125, Jingshan (WTA 125) — 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: 54% D. Shapovalov · 46% A. Tabilo
The closest call on the Tokyo card: the model splits D. Shapovalov of Canada and A. Tabilo of Chile almost down the middle.
Model: 43% K. Volynets · 57% E. Mertens
Model: 78% A. de Minaur · 22% Q. Halys
Model: 44% A. Krueger · 56% A. Li
Model: 94% C. Alcaraz · 6% M. Arnaldi
The clearest favourite of the day's picks.
Model: 87% C. Gauff · 13% C. Osorio
Model: 59% D. Vekić · 41% L. Zhu
Model: 76% L. Harris · 24% A. Bolt