Overview
- The Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open, Jiangxi (Jiujiang) Open and Chennai Open run Oct. 27–Nov. 2 as WTA 250s with 32-player singles and 16-team doubles draws and roughly $275,000 in prize money.
- Official Monday order of play in Hong Kong featured Wang Yafan–Maddison Inglis, Ajla Tomljanovic–Momoko Kobori, Viktoria Morvayova–Cody Wong and fifth seed Maya Joint–Anastasija Sevastova, with Eva Lys facing qualifier Kristiana Sidorova on Court 1.
- Jiujiang’s first-day schedule included Alina Korneeva vs Guo Hanyu and fifth seed Yulia Putintseva vs Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva, with additional matches for seeds Anna Bondar and Polina Kudermetova.
- Heavy rain wiped out day one in Chennai, pushing the opening slate—including top seed Zeynep Sonmez, Donna Vekic and local wild cards—into Tuesday’s program.
- Last Word On Tennis published Day 1 and Day 2 previews and betting guides across all three events, spotlighting matchups such as Belinda Bencic–Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Alexandra Eala–Katie Boulter, Victoria Mboko–Talia Gibson and Anna Kalinskaya–Kamilla Rakhimova.