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Alexander Zverev continued his stellar 2026 season, defeating Cameron Norrie of Great Britain 7-6 (1), 6-4 to advance on the China Open in Beijing on Thursday.
Winner of two Grand Slam tournaments this yr, World No. 2 Zverev is shifting nearer to overtaking No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy. With the victory, the German additionally leads the ATP Tour with 28 hard-court wins on the yr.
In the Round of 16, the top-seeded Zverev will meet Juncheng Shang of China, the house favourite who defeated Argentine Sebastian Baez 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
Also shifting on have been fifth-seeded Alex de Minaur of Australia and Russian Roman Safiullin, who took out fourth-seeded Flavio Cobolli of Italy 6-3, 6-2. Alex Molcan of Slovakia, Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina, Quentin Halys of France, Russia’s Andrey Rublev and Hubert Hurkacz of Poland additionally received.
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Top seed Carlos Alcaraz and second-seeded Frances Tiafoe superior on a day that noticed three of the highest 10 seeds fall in Tokyo.
Two Americans have been amongst these despatched residence. Jaume Munar of Spain topped Taylor Fritz, the third seed, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-3. Ugo Humbert of France ousted fifth-seeded Brandon Nakashima 6-3, 6-2 and Italy’s Luciano Darderi defeated Norway’s Casper Ruud, the sixth seed, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Spain’s Alcaraz superior to the Round of 16 by staving off Alex Michelsen 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-1. Tiafoe defeated Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-4, 6-4, sending Nishikori into his beforehand introduced retirement with a loss in his residence nation.
Other winners have been Jaime Faria of Portugal, Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, Kyrian Jacquet of France and Denis Shapovalov of Canada.
–Field Level Media