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Zverev plays Griekspoor or Nakashima in round two

https://d.repubblica.it/urep/2026/10/27/news/jannik_sinner_intervista-425676798/

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Shelton will play Kym in round two

Gaël Monfils has said that his divorce from fellow tennis star Elina Svitolina meant he could not see himself playing tennis, leading the 40-year-old to end his career earlier than planned.

In a live stream Monday conducted in French on his Twitch channel, Monfils said that the end of their five-year marriage, which Svitolina, 32, announced in a joint social media post last week, meant that “everything I do is not as good as it used to be.”

“It’s already very hard to step out at the end of your career, with emotions you’ve never experienced before, when you’re also going through a difficult time. … I just couldn’t see myself playing,” he said.

Data from tennismylife

Naomi Osaka in the next round.

Pohánková turned 18 a few days ago. She reached 3rd round in Wuhan, lost to Sakkari. Pohánková will be Slovak No. 1 again after this tournament - almost the same amount of points as Šramková.

Stats: Flashscore and WTA

Wikipedia: 2026 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles

Jodar will play Vacherot in round 2

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With the withdrawal of Kwon Soon-woo, the highest ranked Korean in the draw, and the defeat of the other 2 wildcards in R1, things are a bit bleak for the home players... But Seong-chan engineers an upset and moves into R2 vs Rio Noguchi or qualifier Alibek Kachmanov

Another home player remains: qualifier Chung Yun-seong, who will play 2nd seed Buyunchaokete in R2

UPDATE: There's another, LL Shin Sanhui who replaces (Q) Beibit Zhukayev who pulled out due to right ankle injury, to play Coleman Wong in R1

📷: tennistv

Novak Djokovic has expressed his satisfaction with the outcome of Serbia’s parliamentary elections, praising the student movement that defeated Aleksandar Vučić’s ruling political camp.

Djokovic was asked whether he was satisfied with the election result and gave an unequivocal answer before paying tribute to the students who had sustained the movement despite the pressure they faced.

“Yes, I am satisfied. I'm very happy about it," the 24-time Grand Slam champion said. “My deepest respect to the students and young people who have fought and shown dignity and incredible resilience over the last two years, under humongous pressure.”

"I have a lot of admiration for what they have done and how they have conducted themselves. They've managed to create this kind of sense of pride in all the people, not just in Serbia but abroad as well," he added. “The victory is secured. We all now have hope that our country will be prosperous and that we'll all enjoy the future that is coming.”

The Serbian also addressed the suggestion that he had been expected to make a more explicit statement before the election. Djokovic pointed out that he had already expressed his support for the students on several occasions, before explaining that his status in Serbian society sometimes left him feeling singled out.

“I mean, I'm really grateful that I enjoy a special status in our society and I'm very honored to have had so much support from the people for so many years, but on the other hand, it feels like sometimes I'm the only one there... Like somehow I'm the only one expected to react.”

Source: https://tennisuptodate.com/atp/they-broke-the-cult-of-personality-novak-djokovic-reacts-to-serbian-election-result

Norrie gets his first win since Cincinnati. He will play Merida or Medvedev in round two.

Next up for the 3rd seed is Stefanos Sakellaridis

Currently on official ranking 87, he is also trying to maintain the ranking thereabouts in order to qualify for AO 2027 main draw entry lessgo Coleman

Anna Blinkova gets an important win in the first round of the Courmayeur 125, taking out Dalma Galfi in straight sets.

The points from her 250 title in Jiangxi come off this week, which leaves her at 107 in the live rankings. She's about 60 points behind the current #100 player (Ferro), but there are a lot of players around her in the rankings that are active this week, so the deficit she needs to make up is probably larger.

Up next for her in her journey back into the top 100 will be either Katarina Zavatska or (WC) Laura Mair.