Hangzhou Open - Hangzhou

An ATP 250 on outdoor hard in Hangzhou, sharing a week with Chengdu before Tokyo and Shanghai. The court is quick and the ball skids, so rallies stay short and the first strike decides: holds sit at 81% and tiebreaks turn up regularly. Barely half of matches end in straights, so an upset here needs one break rather than a long grind. Bublik and Cilic are the champions.