The headline number of the day in the men's draw is 6 ATP 500 matches in the api.tennis data: 4 in Beijing and 2 in Tokyo. Beijing produced several Russian wins right away, while Tokyo stood out for Valentin Vacherot's three-set match against Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Beijing: Rublev dragged out a three-set match, Safiullin advanced in two sets
Andrey Rublev beat Tallon Griekspoor in the round of 32 of ATP 500 Beijing - 6-4 5-7 7-6. This is the only three-set match among the Beijing results in the data.
Roman Safiullin got through the same round against Flavio Cobolli - 6-3 6-2. Karen Khachanov started with a win over Felix Auger-Aliassime - 6-3 6-3, and then in the round of 16 beat Alex Molčan - 7-5 6-3.
Tokyo: Tsitsipas advanced a round and lost to Vacherot
On these results, the day’s picture is built around two lines: in Beijing, the Russian players collected wins in different scenarios, from two sets to a tiebreak in the deciding set, while in Tokyo Tsitsipas ended the stretch with a defeat after a three-set win a round earlier.