Tennis Update - 6 October

China Open (mens)

World number 1 Novak Djokovic defeated qualifier Simone Bolelli in 1 hour 11 minutes, 6-1 6-1.

3rd Seed Rafael Nadal also won his 1st round match against wildcard Di Wu in straight sets 6-4 6-4.

There were some seeded players which suffered shock defeats in the first round, including Milos Raonic, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Australian qualifier John Millman upset Tommy Robredo 4-6 6-1 6-0.



Japan Open (mens)

While the top 3 seeds, Stan Wawrinka, Kei Nishikori and Gilles Simon progressed to the second round, there were seeds that were lost in the first round.

Number 4 seed Richard Gasquet, suffered a heavy defeat, losing in straight sets 6-4 6-1, to Roberto Bautista Agut.

Number 5 seed Kevin Anderson also lost in straight sets, 6-2 6-3, in 1 hour 15 minutes to Gilles Muller ranked 43.

8th seed Grigor Dimitrov lost in 3 sets, to Benoit Paire.

Australian Nick Kyrgios defeated Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-7(3) 6-3 6-3, in 2 hours 11 minutes.

Qualifying Australian Matthew Ebden lost in 3 tight sets to Austin Krajicek, in a match lasting 2 hours 55 minutes.

The two other Australian players Bernard Tomic and Sam Groth retired hurt part way through there matches with Steve Johnson and Jeremy Chardy respectively.



China Open (womens)

In the second round, seeds Agnieszka Radwanska, Roberta Vinci, Madison Keys, Carla Suarez Navarro, Angelique Kerber, Caroline Wozniacki and Flavia Pennetta all won there matches, to progress into the third round.

Elina Svitolina, a seeded player did get knocked out of the China Open, and joined Petra Kvitova, Karolina Pliskova, and Simona Halep who all got knocked out in the first round.


By Andrew Papdi