The main event on October 5: the round of 32 at the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing. At 11:30 Moscow time, Jelena Ostapenko will play Elise Mertens, and at 15:30 Coco Gauff will face Xinran Sun. There are two more matches on the schedule at the same stage: Maria Sakkari against Elina Svitolina and Marie Bouzkova against Qinwen Zheng. The day’s schedule is based on data from api.tennis.
The Beijing schedule opens at 07:56 with Iva Jovic and Kamilla Rakhimova, while at 10:00 Belinda Bencic will take on Ann Li. Another round of 32 pairing: Alina Charaeva and Sonay Kartal. In doubles, at 11:00 Irina Khromacheva and Liudmila Samsonova will play Jessica Maleckova and Miriam Skoch.
At the WTA 125 in Suzhou, it is also the round of 32: Xinxin Yao against Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Elsa Jacquemot against Claire Liu, Sofia Costoulas against Daria Astakhova, and Elvina Kalieva against Ye-Xin Ma. In doubles in the round of 16, Tamara Korpatsch and Lilli Tagger will meet I-Hsuan Cho and Yi-Tsen Cho, while Yujia Huang and Peangtarn Plipuech will play Momoko Kobori and Ayano Shimizu.
In Samsun, the round of 32 will feature Polina Iatcenko and Suzan Lamens, Dominika Salkova and Himeno Sakatsume, Lucia Bronzetti and Fiona Crawley, and Dalma Galfi and Julia Grabher. At 16:30, a round of 16 doubles match will take place between Carole Monnet and Lola Radivojevic against Elvin Egribel and Seven Oral. In the second qualifying round at 11:00, Noma Noha Akugue will play Elena Micic, and Mariia Tkacheva will face Mariam Bolkvadze. At 11:30, Caroline Werner and Weronika Falkowska will take to the court. Also on the schedule is a match between Alana Smith and Dalila Jakupovic.