2026 China Tennis Open: Rybakina is upset, Zheng Qinwen and Sun Xinran advance

China News Service, Beijing, October 3 (Liu Mengqing) The 2026 China Tennis Open will continue on the 3rd at the National Tennis Center. There was a big upset in the women's singles field. Top seed and new world number one Rybakina was reversed and eliminated by world number 118 Chalayeva. Chinese players Zheng Qinwen and Sun Xinran advanced to the top 32 together. In the men's singles arena, Shang Juncheng lost to top seed Zverev and missed the quarterfinals.

In the women's field, Rybakina made her debut after winning the US Open and faced Armenian player Chalayeva. Rybakina won the first set at 6:3, but then her form declined and she lost two consecutive sets at 4:6 and 3:6. In the end, she was reversed by her opponent with a total score of 1:2, and was upset in the second round of women's singles.

Zheng Qinwen faced No. 15 seed Kalinskaya. In the first set, Zheng Qinwen was reversed when he was leading 5:3 and lost the first set at 6:7(4). In the second set, she grabbed a key break and regained the set at 6:4. When leading 3:0 in the final set, Kalinskaya withdrew due to physical discomfort, and Zheng Qinwen successfully advanced. This is the third consecutive year that she has reached the top 32 of the China Open. She will face No. 18 seed Bouzkova in the next round.

The 16-year-old Chinese teenager Sun Xinran defeated the famous Spanish player and No. 27 seed Buxar in two straight sets 6:4, 7:5. He defeated the TOP50 players for the first time in his career and created the youngest record in the history of China Open to advance to the top 32 singles.

In this round, former tournament champion and No. 3 seed Gauff fought hard in three sets and defeated Colombian Osorio 7:6(4), 4:6, 6:2 to advance. In the next round, she will face off against Sun Xinran.

For other "Golden Flowers", Gao Xinyu, who played as a wild card, lost two sets in a row at 2:6 and 3:6, losing to former tournament champion Swiatek and stopped in the second round of women's singles. Zhu Lin lost to Paris Olympic silver medalist Vekic with a total score of 1:2 and also stopped in the second round. No. 31 seed Wang Xinyu lost to British player Qatar and missed the advancement.

In the men's singles arena, Chinese player Shang Juncheng challenges Zverev, the top seed and double champion of this year's French Open and US Open. Shang Juncheng failed to win a game in the first set and lost 0:6; he improved in the second set, but failed to reverse the decline and lost another set 3:6. In the end, he lost to his opponent with a total score of 0:2 and stopped in the second round of men's singles. Zverev advanced to the quarterfinals and will face Djokovic.

No. 3 seed Medvedev defeated German player Struff 6:4, 6:3 and entered the quarterfinals of the China Open for the fourth consecutive year. No. 5 seed De Minaur defeated French player Aris with a total score of 2:1 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

In the men's doubles competition, the Chinese combination Zhang Zhizhen/Zhou Yi lost to the Dutch combination Ahrendts/Pell with a total score of 0:2, and stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's doubles.

On October 4, the women's singles enters the third round, and big-seeded players such as Sabalenka, Andreeva, Noskova, and Mukhova will all appear. In the women's doubles, Chinese combination Tang Qianhui/Xu Yifan will face No. 2 seeds Dabrowski/Stephanie. In the men's singles quarter-finals, top seed Zverev will face No. 6 seed Djokovic. In the men's doubles semi-finals, Shang Juncheng/Bublik will compete with Ahrendts/Pell. (over)