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A bumper day of action on the ATP and WTA Tours at the China Open and Japan Open saw Carlos Alcaraz and Brits Harriet Dart and Sonay Kartal win. But there were defeats for Cam Norrie and Arthur Fery.Alcaraz saved three set points before clinching a see-sawing opening set against American Alex Michelsen with a ​strong display in the tiebreak but continued to experiment with his new sped-up service motion and was broken twice early in the next set. The ​23-year-old Spaniard, who had shown glimpses of his best form en ‌route to the US Open quarter-finals last month after…

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Novak Djokovic returned to action in Beijing 11 years after his last appearance and extended his incredible record to 30 consecutive wins at the China Open on Wednesday.Djokovic, a six-time winner in the Chinese capital, received a medical timeout in the second set but did enough to defeat Portugal’s Nuno Borges 6-3 7-6 (7-2) and reach the second round. Next up for Djokovic is home favourite Buyunchaokete Bu, who beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-2 5-7 6-4. “In the second set he started playing better and I struggled a little bit physically to stay fresh,” said Djokovic, who arrived in Beijing…

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