
Jódar fights back to beat Lehečka, reaches Shanghai last 16 on debut
Rafael Jódar came from a set down to beat Jiří Lehečka 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 for his 40th win of 2026. Botic van de Zandschulp awaits in the last 16.
The Tokyo tournament is a WTA 500 event scheduled for 26 October to 1 November 2026. It takes place at Ariake Coliseum in Japan on an outdoor hard court. Belinda Bencic is the defending champion, having won in 2025. Among the recent editions listed, Caroline Wozniacki won the tournament twice, in 2016 and 2017. Other recent champions include Zheng Qinwen (2024), Veronika Kudermetova (2023), Liudmila Samsonova (2022), Naomi Osaka (2019), Karolína Plíšková (2018), Agnieszka Radwańska (2015) and Ana Ivanovic (2014).
Summarised from Tennis Post data as of 5 Oct.

Rafael Jódar came from a set down to beat Jiří Lehečka 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 for his 40th win of 2026. Botic van de Zandschulp awaits in the last 16.

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.

Carlos Alcaraz beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-3, 6-3 in his Shanghai opener, sporting a moustache born from a Tokyo bet with his team. Zizou Bergs is next.
Top seed Alexander Zverev grabbed his left ankle late in the second set but beat wildcard Wu Yibing 6-4, 7-6(4) and now meets Quentin Halys in the third round.