Bolelli/Vavassori lead Beijing field; Shelton, Draper in doubles action in Tokyo

pTop seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/simone-bolelli/ba98/overview'Simone Bolelli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrea-vavassori/va08/overview'Andrea Vavassori/a will hope to boost their a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a hopes this week at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/beijing/747/overview'China Open/a, where they will face Chinese wild cards Wang Aoran and Zhou Yi in the first round following Tuesdayrsquo;s draw./p

pThe Italians, currently fourth in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings, have won two tour-level titles in 2024. They are in the same half of the draw as fourth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/neal-skupski/sl22/overview'Neal Skupski/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/michael-venus/v576/overview'Michael Venus/a, who are competing for the first time since their quarter-final run at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a. The British-New Zealand team start against Italian singles stars a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-musetti/m0ej/overview'Lorenzo Musetti/a./p

pspan style="text-decoration: underline;"stronga rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/beijing/747/draws" target="_blank"View Beijing Doubles Draw/a/strong/span/p

pIn the bottom half of the draw, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a champions a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/harri-heliovaara/h808/overview'Harri Heliovaara/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/henry-patten/p0g6/overview'Henry Patten/a face Spaniards a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roberto-carballes-baena/cf59/overview'Roberto Carballes Baena/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pablo-carreno-busta/cd85/overview'Pablo Carreno Busta/a in their opening match. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ivan-dodig/d646/overview'Ivan Dodig/a lifted the trophy at the ATP 500 hard-court event last year with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/austin-krajicek/ka00/overview'Austin Krajicek/a. This year, the Croatian is teaming with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rohan-bopanna/b757/overview'Rohan Bopanna/a and the second seeds face a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-cerundolo/c0au/overview'Francisco Cerundolo/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nicolas-jarry/j551/overview'Nicolas Jarry/a in the first round./p

pKrajicek joins forces with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rajeev-ram/r548/overview'Rajeev Ram/a, with the pair facing a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/wesley-koolhof/kc41/overview'Wesley Koolhof/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nikola-mektic/mf09/overview'Nikola Mektic/a in a blockbuster first-round clash. Former No. 3 player in the PIF ATP Rankings a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stan-wawrinka/w367/overview'Stan Wawrinka/a teams with Chinarsquo;s Buyunchaokete. They play a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-bublik/bk92/overview'Alexander Bublik/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pedro-martinez/mo44/overview'Pedro Martinez/a in the first round./p

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pstrongLammons/Withrow lead Tokyo field/strongbr /

a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nathaniel-lammons/li37/overview'Nathaniel Lammons/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jackson-withrow/w686/overview'Jackson Withrow/a will look to bounce back at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/tokyo/329/overview'Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships/a after a disappointing opening-round exit in Hangzhou. The top-seeded Americans reached the semi-finals in Tokyo last year and begin against home favourites a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kei-nishikori/n552/overview'Kei Nishikori/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rei-sakamoto/s0uv/overview'Rei Sakamoto/a./p

pTop 20 singles star a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a teams with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jordan-thompson/tc61/overview'Jordan Thompson/a, with the American-Australian pair meeting Japanese wild cards a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yoshihito-nishioka/n732/overview'Yoshihito Nishioka/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kaito-uesugi/u174/overview'Kaito Uesugi/a. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a semi-finalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jack-draper/d0co/overview'Jack Draper/a plays with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-machac/m0fh/overview'Tomas Machac/a. The British-Czech duo faces a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-erler/e928/overview'Alexander Erler/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matwe-middelkoop/mb88/overview'Matwe Middelkoop/a in the first round./p

pstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/tokyo/329/draws" target="_blank"View Tokyo Doubles Draw/a/span/strong/p

pFresh off their title run in Chengdu, third seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sadio-doumbia/d917/overview'Sadio Doumbia/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabien-reboul/re45/overview'Fabien Reboul/a are in the same half as Lammons and Withrow and could play Draper and Machac in the second round if they beat Belgians a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sander-gille/gd32/overview'Sander Gille/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joran-vliegen/v895/overview'Joran Vliegen/a in their opener./p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rinky-hijikata/h0bh/overview'Rinky Hijikata/a, who won the title with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/max-purcell/ph71/overview'Max Purcell/a at the ATP 500 last year, joins forces with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexei-popyrin/p09z/overview'Alexei Popyrin/a. The Australians take on second seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hugo-nys/n670/overview'Hugo Nys/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jan-zielinski/z423/overview'Jan Zielinski/a in the first round./p

p#NextGenATP American a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a will take to court with Chilean a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alejandro-tabilo/te30/overview'Alejandro Tabilo/a against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luciano-darderi/d0fj/overview'Luciano Darderi/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-martin-etcheverry/ea24/overview'Tomas Martin Etcheverry/a. The winner of that match will play either Nys and Zielinski or Hijikata and Popyrin./p

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