Zverev outhits De Minaur to reach first Shanghai semi-final since 2019
The world No. 1 beat Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4 in 78 minutes with ten aces and will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina for a place in the Shanghai final.
From Round of 16
Beijing is a WTA 1000 tournament held on hard court at the National Tennis Center in China. The 2026 edition runs from 30 September to 11 October and was in progress on 5 October. Amanda Anisimova is the defending champion after winning in 2025. Recent champions in the listed editions include Coco Gauff (2024), Iga Świątek (2023), Naomi Osaka (2019), Caroline Wozniacki (2018), Caroline Garcia (2017), Agnieszka Radwańska (2016), Garbiñe Muguruza (2015), Maria Sharapova (2014) and Serena Williams (2013).
Summarised from Tennis Post data as of 5 Oct.
The world No. 1 beat Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4 in 78 minutes with ten aces and will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina for a place in the Shanghai final.

Zheng Qinwen beat Mirra Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 to win her first WTA 1000 title and become the first Chinese woman to win the China Open.

Elise Mertens beat Iga Swiatek 7-6, 6-3 for her third straight top-10 win in Beijing. Home favourite Qinwen Zheng awaits after beating Svitolina.

Hubert Hurkacz beat Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3 in 87 minutes for his first win in nine meetings, days after the Serbian won his seventh Beijing title.