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In Daegu:

MS Ben beat Dahnon in straight sets and plays Egberink in the last 16

MD - Ben and Dahnon progressed and play Groenewoud and Ter Hofte in the last 8

WS Cornelia went out in round 2 after winning her opening match

WD Cornelia partners German Brtta Wend in the last 8

QS Andy and Greg both get byes into the last 16

QD Andy is top seed with Aussie Heath Davidson and Greg plays with another Aussie Ben Wenzel, both into last 8 for their openers

Greg Slade had a really good last 8 win over higher ranked Lazarte in Daegu last 8 and is onto the semis, last Brit standing

In the Korean Open, a 500 level event, Gordon Reid is in the singles semis, where he plays Japanenese Miki. Gordon holds a 23-1 career head to head record.

JonH wrote:

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In the Korean Open, a 500 level event, Gordon Reid is in the singles semis, where he plays Japanenese Miki. Gordon holds a 23-1 career head to head record.

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 Gordon into the final where he plays top seed de la puente. 

The 1000 series Japan Open starts on Tuesday. Per the LTA

British players will contest each of the main draw singles and doubles events at the Japan Open 2026, with Alfie Hewett, Gordon Reid, Andrew Penney, Ben Bartram all contesting the mens events, Cornelia Oosthuizen challenging for honours in the womens events and Greg Slade contesting the quad draws.

British No.2 Reid is still currently the only previous British winner of the mens singles title in Iizuka after back-to-back victories in 2017 and 2018, while Hewett was runner-up in the mens singles and doubles (with Reid) in 2024.

British No.3 Bartram and British No.4 Penney return to Iizuka for the second successive year, having both attained career-best mens singles rankings in the last month Bartram peaking at No.15 and Penney breaking into the top 20 for the first time in his career.

JonH wrote:

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Japan Open WC1000 draws are out:

Quad singles - in a 22 player draw, Greg Slade is seeded 6 and gets a bye then a Japanese opponent ranked 25, Kawano

Womens singles - in a 23 player draw, Cornelia Oosthuizen plays Aussie Sally Schwartz in her opening match, they have played once before and Cornelia won

Mens singles - 24 player draw:

Alfie (2) gets a bye
Gordon (5) gets a bye

Andrew Penney plays Dutch player Robin Groenewoud in his opener, they are 1-2 H2H but Andrew won their last match, albeit in 2024

Ben Bartram plays Chinese player Zhenxu Ji, they have played twice this year already and Ben won in Melbourne WC1000 in 3 tight sets, before Ji beat him in Seoul last week by 1 and 0

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 In the opening round matches, Ben and Andy P lost in mens singles, but Cornelia won her womens singles and progresses.

Left in at last 16 stage are Alfie, Gordon (MS), Cornelia (WS), Greg (QS). 

All 6 British players are in the respective doubles fields. 

JonH wrote:

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In Wednesday play:

MS - Alfie won in straight sets and next plays Tom Egberink in the last 8; Gordon in action tomorrow in last 16
MD - no Brits played today

WS - Cornelia lost in straight sets
WD - Cornelia and partner withdrew and gave a walkover

QS - Greg won in straight sets and plays top seed Vink next
QD - Greg plays tomorrow

-- Edited by JonH on Wednesday 22nd of April 2026 01:40:04 PM

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 Mens singles - Gordon won comfortably to progress  to the last 8 and a match with Gustavo Fernandez. In a big shock, Martin de la Puente, seeded 3, lost his last 16 match against a Chinese opponent, Ji. The ITF site isnt working for me currently in terms of rankings, so cant see much about his background or ranking. 

quad singles - Greg lost to Vink, getting one game. 

leaves just Alfie and Gordon in and the doubles, of course.