2026 China Tennis Open: Djokovic reverses Buyunchokte to advance to the quarterfinals, Sabalenka sweeps his opponents

China News Service, Beijing, October 2 (Liu Mengqing) The 2026 China Tennis Open will continue on the 2nd at the National Tennis Center. Six-time tournament champion Djokovic fought hard in three sets and defeated Chinese player Buyunchokte 2:1, advancing to the quarterfinals. Women's singles No. 2 seed Sabalenka and men's singles No. 3 seed Medvedev both swept their opponents 2:0, getting a "good start" at the China Open.

In the women's competition, Belarusian star Sabalenka returned to the China Open after two years and swept Mexican player Zarazuha 6:1, 6:3, easily advancing to the third round of women's singles. She will face No. 26 seed Bartonkova in the next round.

Yuan Yue, who played as a wild card, faced No. 4 seed and new French Open champion Andreeva in the second round of women's singles. In the first set, Yuan Yue entered the state quickly and won the first game with 6:3. Andreeva launched a strong counterattack in the second set, and Yuan Yue lost 0:6. In the decisive set, Yuan Yue still failed to reverse the situation and lost again 0:6. In the end, Yuan Yue was eliminated by her opponent with a total score of 1:2, and missed the top 32 of the China Open for four consecutive years.

A focus battle in the men's field is between Chinese player Buyunchokert and six-time tournament champion Djokovic. Bouyunchokt won the first set at 6:4, but Djokovic then won two consecutive sets at 7:6(2) and 6:2, reversing the situation and advancing to the quarterfinals. His winning streak at the China Open reached 31 games.

Russian star Medvedev blasted 26 winning points and defeated Spanish veteran Busta in straight sets 6:4, 6:2 to advance to the top 16 of the men's singles. He will face German player Struff in the next round.

In the men's doubles, Shang Juncheng partnered with Kazakhstan's Bublik and narrowly defeated the Argentine pair Gonzalez/Morteni with a total score of 2:1 after a tiebreaker to advance to the semi-finals.

On October 3, in the women’s singles arena, Zheng Qinwen will face No. 15 seed Kalinskaya, Gao Xinyu will challenge No. 8 seed Swiatek, and Zhu Lin, Sun Xinran, and Wang Xinyu will also compete respectively. In the men's singles arena, Shang Juncheng will challenge Zverev, the top seed and double champion of this year's French Open and US Open. (over)