Medvedev meets Rublev in Hangzhou final as Hurkacz and Davidovich Fokina close Chengdu
Two ATP finals are scheduled for today, with Daniil Medvedev facing Andrey Rublev in Hangzhou and Hubert Hurkacz meeting Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in Chengdu, while Challenger play continues in Columbus, Porto and Mouilleron-Le-Captif.
The day's headline fixtures come from China, where two ATP finals are scheduled for 29 September. In Hangzhou, Daniil Medvedev (#6) is set to face Andrey Rublev (#25) on hard courts, the highest-ranked pairing on the list. In Chengdu, also on hard, Hubert Hurkacz (#46) meets Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (#29).
Qualifying finals fill out the rest of the ATP schedule ahead of the next wave of events. At the ATP 500 in Tokyo, Arthur Fils (#11) is due to play Kamil Majchrzak (#73), while Daniel Vallejo (ranking unavailable) faces Jaime Faria (#68). At the ATP 500 in Beijing, Botic Van De Zandschulp (#40) is scheduled against Jie Cui (ranking unavailable), Adrian Mannarino (#78) against Pablo Carreno Busta (#69), and Marco Trungelliti (#87) against Alex Molcan (#96).
Among the results already recorded on 29 September, Clement Tabur came through the longest scoreline on the list, beating Matteo Martineau 7-6 6-7 6-3 in the Mouilleron-Le-Captif round of 32. At the Columbus Challenger, Mees Rottgering defeated Edward Winter 7-5 6-3 and Braden Shick beat Ozan Baris 7-6 0-6 6-3. In Curitiba qualifying, Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos Santos defeated Gabriel Schenekenberg 7-5 6-4 and Jose Pereira recovered to beat Ryan Dickerson 6-7 7-5 6-1.
From 28 September, Laslo Djere defeated Michael Mmoh 6-4 6-4 in Porto, where Jerome Kym came back to beat Tiago Torres 3-6 7-5 6-1. Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg beat Pierre Hugues Herbert 6-4 7-5 in Mouilleron-Le-Captif, and in Bari Zsombor Piros defeated Benjamin Hassan 7-6 6-3 while Lorenzo Angelini edged Garrett Johns 4-6 7-6 7-5.