October 7: Swiatek, Gauff and Qinwen Zheng reach the Beijing round of 16

The day’s play opens with singles matches in the round of 16 at the WTA 1000 in Beijing, followed by WTA 125 action in Samsun and doubles matches in Suzhou. The schedule is based on api.tennis data, Moscow time.

The main action on October 7 comes in the round of 16 at the WTA 1000 in Beijing. The day opens with the match between Iva Jovic and Iga Swiatek at 07:44. At 09:15, Coco Gauff and Elise Mertens take the court, and at 14:00 Alina Charaeva and Qinwen Zheng play. Another singles match in this round pits Ann Li against Elina Svitolina.

The doubles draw in Beijing has also reached the round of 16. At 07:50, Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini play Katie Boulter and Yulia Starodubtseva, while at 07:52 Erin Routliffe and Aldila Sutjiadi face Anna Danilina and Desirae Krawczyk. Mertens will also play doubles on the day: together with Diana Shnaider, she takes on Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls. Also on the schedule are matches featuring Su-Wei Hsieh and Jelena Ostapenko against Irina Khromacheva and Ludmila Samsonova, as well as Katerina Siniakova and Shuai Zhang against Nikola Bartunkova and Maja Chwalinska.

At the WTA 125 in Samsun, round-of-32 matches begin at 11:00: Elena Pridankina plays Anna Blinkova, and Leolia Jeanjean faces Mariam Bolkvadze. Also meeting in this round are Elvin Egribel and Caroline Werner. At 17:30 in the round of 16, Viktoria Hruncakova plays Himeno Sakatsume. The same round features matches between Fiona Crawley and Oksana Selekhmeteva, Polina Iatcenko and Dalma Galfi, Lucie Stefanini and Noma Noa Akugue.

In the Samsun doubles tournament at 11:00, Hava Kaur Kaler and Adelina Lacinova play Tenika Mcgiffin and Anita Wagner. Also in the round of 16, Lucija Ciric Bagaric and Zhibek Kulambayeva face Fiona Crawley and Ekaterina Yashina, Eylul Asya Yilmaz and Ilay Yoruk meet Ankita Raina and Doga Turkmen, while Rutuja Bhosale and Elena Micic take on Veronika Falkowska and Alana Smith.

In Suzhou at the WTA 125, the doubles round of 16 is taking place. Zongyu Li and Wushuang Zheng play Mana Ayukawa and Emily Webley-Smith, and Eudice Chong and Eri Hozumi face Alevtina Ibragimova and Ingrid Martins. Hiroko Kuwata and Qiuyu Ye meet Shi Han and Xinxin Yao, while Yu-Yun Li and Ying Zhang play Yihan Qu and Yushan Shao.