WTA Finals and Paris Masters ATP 1000

 

Switzerland and Austria - ATP 500 and China - WTA Elite Trophy

 

Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge, the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world and top of the list for thrill seekers exploring the area on foot. It stretches 494 metres (1,621 feet) across the Zermatt Valley, and intrepid hikers are rewarded with unparalleled bird’s-eye views of the surrounding scenery. Cutting the journey time across the valley by four hours, the bridge takes a mere 10 minutes to traverse, but is certainly no walk in the park.

ATP - Tokyo, Sweden & Belgium; WTA China, Romania & Tunisia

 

This is a busy week with six ATP and WTA 250s on three continents - Asia, Europe and Africa.  The men are competing in Japan, Stockholm and Antwerp while the women are in China, Romania and Monastir, Tunisia.

Congratulations to last week's champions:

Shanghai Masters 1000

Singles: Humbert Hurkacz d. Andrey Rublev

Doubles: Granollers/Zeballos d. Bopanna/Ebden

Zhengzhou Open WTA 500

Singles::Zheng Qinwen d. Barbora Krejcikova

Doubles: Dabrowski/Routliff d. Aoyama/Shibahara

Korea Open 

Singles: Jessica Pegula d.Yue Yuan 

Doubles:Bouzkova/Mattek-Sands d. Kumkhum/Plipuech

Hong Kong Open

Singles: Leylah Fernandez d. Katerina Siniakova

DoublesTang/Tsao d. Kalashnikova/Sasnovich

After this week, we're done with the Asian Swing and things are winding down towards the Finals for both tours.👇

Week 2 of ATP 1000 Shanghai + WTA Seoul, Hong Kong & Zhengzhou

 

Finally, this week's tournaments are back to a normal schedule - a Monday start (it's China time zone) and the ATP Shanghai Masters 1000 going into its 2nd week. All tournaments this week will finish on Oct. 15.

Congratulations to the WTA Beijing Masters 1000 winners this week:

Singles: Iga Swiatek d. Liudmila Samsonova

Doubles: M. Bouzkova/S. Sorribes Tormo d. H-C Chan/G. Olmos

Hartt shares an important reminder about Peng Shuai:

With the return of the WTA to China we are reminded of Peng Shuai. In November 2021 she accused Zhang Gaoli, a retired Chinese Vice-Premier, of sexual assault. Since then, outside of what appeared to be staged situations, she has disappeared from public view. We hope that reports that she is safe and living with her family in Beijing are accurate.

Peng is now officially retired from tennis, but she had a wonderful career. She won the doubles trophies in Wimbledon (2013) and Roland Garros (2014) with partner Hsieh Su-wei. In singles she reached a career high ranking of No. 14. Another highlight was winning the gold medal at the Asian Games in 2010.

The reality is that China, having suspended tournaments during the Covid pandemic, has allowed them to resume, and both the WTA and the ATP are back. But it is important that we do not forget Peng Shuai.~ Shirley

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