The main man of the day in Beijing was Novak Djokovic. At the ATP 500 event, he stopped two top-10 players. In the quarterfinal, Djokovic came from behind to beat world No. 2 Zverev: 4-6 6-4 6-4. In the semifinal, he got the better of world No. 7 Medvedev: 7-5 5-3. Before facing Djokovic, Medvedev had beaten Francisco Cerundolo in the quarterfinal, 7-6 6-3.

ATP. Alcaraz and De Minaur will play for titles

Djokovic's opponent in the Beijing final will be world No. 10 Alex De Minaur. He also won two matches in a day. In the quarterfinal, De Minaur lost the first set to Rublev, but then took control of the match: 1-6 6-2 6-3. In the semifinal against Hurkacz, the score was 6-4 3-2. Carlos Alcaraz, world No. 3, at the ATP 500 tournament in Tokyo beat Denis Shapovalov in the quarterfinal, 7-6 2-1. In the semifinal, he dropped the first set to Jaume Munar, then won the match: 5-7 6-3 6-1. World No. 9 Arthur Fils was eliminated in Tokyo. In the quarterfinal, he lost to Vacherot in three sets: 5-7 6-4 4-6.

WTA. Four wins in Beijing

In the round of 32 at the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing, all four top-10 players advanced. World No. 4 Coco Gauff beat Xinran Sun 7-5 6-1. World No. 6 Elina Svitolina defeated Maria Sakkari in straight sets: 6-4 7-5. World No. 8 Karolina Muchova and No. 10 Iga Swiatek both came through after losing the first set. Muchova beat Ludmila Samsonova 4-6 6-4 6-2. Swiatek took the second set against Donna Vekic in a tiebreak 7-0 and won the match: 4-6 7-6(0) 6-2. All four will play in the round of 16.

In the doubles draw at the ATP 500 tournament in Tokyo, Simone Bolelli, No. 10, and Andrea Vavassori, No. 7, lost in the semifinal to Austin Krajicek and Nikola Mektic: 5-7 6-7. In Beijing, WTA doubles world No. 9 Cristina Bucsa and Nicole Melichar-Martinez moved into the round of 16. They beat Ekaterina Alexandrova and Fanny Stollar in a deciding tiebreak: 4-6 7-6(5) 1-0(10).

Xinran Sun, the top-ranked junior girl, played in the senior WTA 1000 event in Beijing. In the round of 32, she lost to Coco Gauff: 5-7 1-6. World No. 6 girls' junior Naaan Silva had three wins in a day at the ITF W35 event in Seville. In the round of 32 in singles, she beat Valentina Carreras Medina 6-0 6-2. In the round of 16, Silva defeated Marina Quesada Oyonarte: 6-3 6-3. In doubles with Ana Candiotto, she won the round of 16 against Laura Bohner and Daria Yesypchuk: 6-4 6-4. Boys' world No. 9 Dimitar Kisimov advanced to the next round at the ITF M25 event in Santa Margherita di Pula. In the round of 32, he beat Bruno Kokot in a deciding tiebreak: 6-2 4-6 10-6.