Beijing and Tokyo push deeper into their draws

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Viewing guide · Saturday, October 3, 2026

Beijing and Tokyo push deeper into their draws

Two ATP events reach the quarter-final and round of sixteen, while Beijing's women's draw works through its early rounds.

Beijing is the busiest stop of the day. The China Open runs its men's and women's draws side by side at the same site, with the men at the quarter-final and round-of-sixteen stage and the women working through the round of thirty-two and the round of sixty-four. Tokyo's Japan Open is the other main event, also at the quarter-final and round-of-sixteen stage.

Play in Asia means an early start for viewers in the United States, with the women's matches in Beijing running late into the night there and into the small hours in Britain. Australian viewers get the friendliest timings of the day, with the cards falling in the afternoon and evening.

Sky Sports Tennis, with NOW and Sky Go, holds the same rights for UK viewers. In Australia, beIN SPORTS and its streaming service show the ATP events, with Stan Sport also carrying the WTA draw. Canadian viewers have TSN, RDS and their streaming outlets.

◆ What's on today

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ATP 500Hard$2.342M

Play finishedHard

Japan Open Tennis Championships

Tokyo, JPN · 8 still in the draw

Tokyo's Japan Open is at the same stage as Beijing, and C. Alcaraz is the model's favourite for the title. The round of sixteen and the quarter-finals share the day's card.

Model favourite: C. Alcaraz at 65% to take the title

Tennis ChannelT2Tennis Channel appTennis TV

Tennis TV sometimes geo-blocks a 500 in its host country.

Sky Sports TennisNOWSky Go

beIN SPORTSbeIN SPORTS CONNECTTennis TV

TSNRDSTSN+Tennis TV

ATP 500Hard$4.089M

Play finishedHard

China Open

Beijing, CHN · 8 still in the draw

The men's half of the China Open is down to the quarter-final and round-of-sixteen stage on the Beijing hard court, with N. Djokovic the model's favourite for the title.

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

Tennis ChannelT2Tennis Channel appTennis TV

Tennis TV sometimes geo-blocks a 500 in its host country.

Sky Sports TennisNOWSky Go

beIN SPORTSbeIN SPORTS CONNECTTennis TV

TSNRDSTSN+Tennis TV

WTA 1000Hard$1.151M

Play finishedHard

China Open

Beijing, CHN · 32 still in the draw

The largest draw of the day, with the women's China Open working through the round of sixty-four and the round of thirty-two. A. Sabalenka is the model's favourite for the title.

Model favourite: A. Sabalenka at 33% to take the title

Tennis ChannelT2Tennis Channel app

Sky Sports TennisNOWSky Go

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.

TSNTVA SportsTSN+WTA TV

◆ Elsewhere

Also on: Wuning 3 — Challenger 50, Jingshan (Challenger) — Challenger 100, Braga — Challenger 75, Antofagasta — Challenger 75, Palermo — Challenger 50, Villena — Challenger 100, Bari — Challenger 50, Columbus — Challenger 75, Curitiba — Challenger 75, Mouilleron-le-Captif — Challenger 75, Porto 2 — Challenger 50, Suzhou — WTA 125, Samsun — 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.

◆ Worth watching

Ranked by the model

11:00 pm ET4:00 am UK2:00 pm AEST

Beijing · WTA 1000 · round of 32Hard

N. Bartůňková #34vA. Sabalenka #2

Model: 11% N. Bartůňková · 89% A. Sabalenka

11:00 pm ET4:00 am UK2:00 pm AEST

Beijing · WTA 1000 · round of 32Hard

S. Kraus #95vD. Yastremska #111

Model: 48% S. Kraus · 52% D. Yastremska

10:00 pm ET3:00 am UK1:00 pm AEST

Tokyo · ATP 500 · quarter-finalHard

J. Munar #66vK. Jacquet #107

Model: 63% J. Munar · 37% K. Jacquet

11:00 pm ET4:00 am UK2:00 pm AEST

Jingshan · Challenger 100 · finalHard

M. Bellucci #88vL. Harris #136

Model: 46% M. Bellucci · 54% L. Harris

11:00 pm ET4:00 am UK2:00 pm AEST

Suzhou · WTA 125 · qualifyingHard

J. Lu #362vZ. Li #311

Model: 43% J. Lu · 57% Z. Li

11:00 pm ET4:00 am UK2:00 pm AEST

Suzhou · WTA 125 · qualifyingHard

H. Yujia #437vD. Khomutsianskaya #291

Model: 54% H. Yujia · 46% D. Khomutsianskaya

11:20 pm ET4:20 am UK2:20 pm AEST

Suzhou · WTA 125 · qualifyingHard

W. Zheng #478vY. Qu #1297

Model: 70% W. Zheng · 30% Y. Qu

10:10 pm ET3:10 am UK1:10 pm AEST

Wuning 3 · Challenger 50 · qualifyingHard

N. Honda #600vK. Tamm #1108

Model: 76% N. Honda · 24% K. Tamm

◆ 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.

Beyond the main draws, the day's remaining tennis sits at Challenger and WTA 125 level, spread across hard courts, clay and indoor courts in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Where no local channel is listed for a smaller event, that is the place to look.

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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.