Four-time grand slam champion Aryna Sabalenka has suffered a shock third-round defeat in Beijing, while Australian involvement has also come to an early end.
Staff Writers
Taylah Preston will be Australia's only representative in the WTA Tour's China Open third round after two of her compatriots were defeated in Beijing.
Nicholas Zorbas
Top seed and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz has saved four set points before powering through to the quarter-finals in Tokyo.
Alex de Minaur will play Novak Djokovic in the China Open final after Daniil Medvedev was disqualified for hitting a ball into the crowd, injuring a spectator.
Glenn Moore
Serbian great Novak Djokovic has again needed a medical timeout in his troubled season but he still mde it through the second round of the China Open.
Taylah Preston is through to the last 32 at the China Open after an upset win over France's Diane Parry.
Trevor Marshallsea
Australia's Alex de Minaur has progressed to the last 16 at the China Open with a straight sets win over Mariano Navone.
Fresh from WTA finals, Talia Gibson and Maya Joint have suffered first-round elimination in the China Open, but Maddison Inglis and Taylah Preston both won.
Daniil Medvedev and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina have lifted ATP titles in China, winning finals in Hangzhou and Chengdu respectively.
Kim Birrell has finally become a WTA champion but, on an amazing day for Aussie women's tennis, she also lost her national No.1 ranking.
Ian Chadband
Australian star Alex de Minaur has been unable to stop Europe from regaining the Laver Cup from his Team World in London.
Linda Noskova and Karolina Muchova have teamed up to win the Billie Jean King Cup for Czechia, spoiling a potential fairytale story for Ukrainian sport.
Kim Birrell has won an all-Australian final in Seoul to claim her first WTA-Tour level title, while another Australian has lost the final in Singapore.
Ukraine have knocked out champions Italy to set up a special day as they seek to become women's tennis world champions in the Billie Jean King Cup final.
Australian star Alex de Minaur's proud Laver Cup record remains in tact after he saved a match point on the way to beating Alexander Zverev in London.
Australian women are making their mark in WTA events in Asia, with Talia Gibson into the Singapore Open final, and the Korea Open final an all-Aussie affair.
Competing in his second tournament after the US Open following a four-month injury lay-off, Carlos Alcaraz has helped Team Europe take the lead over Team World.
Melissa Woods
Powerful singles showings from Linda Noskova and Karolina Muchova have guided Czechia to a 2-0 win over Spain and a shot at the Billie Jean King Cup.
A niggling knee injury continues to keep Jannik Sinner off the tennis court, with the world No.1 announcing his withdrawal from the China Open.
Fresh from inspiring Australia at the Davis Cup, team player Alex de Minaur is now out to help Andre Agassi's Team World beat Europe's best in the Laver Cup.
For the first time in 18 years, Spain have reached the Billie Jean King Cup semi-finals and will meet a powerful Czech team in the last-four in Shenzhen.
Czech duo world No.6 Linda Noskova and top-30 player Marie Bouzkova have proved too strong for Britain in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals.
Alexander Zverev has built on his US Open-winning form to send Germany through to the Davis Cup Final 8 with Spain and Great Britain also through.
Alex de Minaur has sealed Australia's Davis Cup group-stage triumph after Max Purcell and Rinky Hijikata won their doubles against plucky Poland in Brisbane.
Murray Wenzel
