Sweating Shanghai, Anisimova's golden year goes on, plus H&H are champions again

- Alcaraz wins in Tokyo despite ankle scare earlier in the tournament but then withdraws from Shanghai - Sinner wins Beijing - first non slam title of the year?! - Gauff and Bencic have fiery exchange in china open clash as Bencic fumes at gauff’s team and tells Gauff to ‘shut up’ - Medvedev gets a code violation for lack of effort when he’s cramping - Monfils to retire at end of next season (are these retirement announcements getting too far in the future?!) - last of era of French players, tsonga, Gasquet, Simon etc - Kartal stuns Andreeva, first top 10 win, falls to noskova in the qfs - Anisimova hammers gauff and goes on to win china open - Zverev calls out tournament directors for making surfaces only beneficial for Alcaraz and sinner - Heather Watson taking a forced break from tennis until February 2026 - Calvin’s teams faced each other again after Henry and Harri pick up a title at the china open Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices