Canada’s Denis Shapovalov beat Egor Gerasimov of Belarus 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in a quarterfinal on Friday at the Chengdu Open.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is set to make his debut at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, the longest-running ATP Tour event in Asia. After conquering the China Open in Beijing with a record six titles, he will aim to continue his success at the ATP 500 tournament in Tokyo.
Andy Murray won his first tour-level match since having hip surgery in January when he beat Tennys Sandgren on Tuesday, but couldn’t follow that up despite winning the first set, ultimately losing 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 to Alex de Minaur.
Barty, the world’s No. 1-ranked Women’s Tennis Association player, defeated Martic 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3 on Thursday.
