ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Novak Djokovic, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Karen Khachanov and Nuno Borges are going to compete on Wednesday at the China Open.
Novak Djokovic vs. Nuno Borges
Head to head 1-0 for Djokovic
Novak Djokovic will compete against Nuno Borges in the 1st round for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on CAPITAL GROUP DIAMOND.
Novak Djokovic: ranking and results
Ranked no. 11, the Serbian will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match in Us Open where he lost to in the 1st round on the 30th of August.
Novak has a 14-7 win-loss record in 2026, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Serbian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in at the Australian Open .
Last year in Beijing Novak didn’t play in Beijing in 2025. Djokovic conquered the title at the China Open in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Nuno Borges: ranking and results
Ranked no. 49, Nuno will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match in the Cagliari Challenger where he lost to in the quarter on the 1st of May.
Nuno has a 27-26 win-loss record in 2026, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Beijing Borges didn’t compete in Beijing in 2025.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 2nd time that Novak Djokovic and Nuno Borges clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time they fought against each other, Djokovic won 7-6(1) 6-4 in the quarter in Athens back in 2025.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.44
Nuno Borges -> 2.76
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Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Karen Khachanov
Head to head 3-2 for Khachanov
Felix Auger-Aliassime will compete against Karen Khachanov in the 1st round for the 6th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court 3.
Felix Auger-Aliassime: ranking and results
Ranked no. 5, will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match in Davis Cup, World Group, Q2, CAN FRA 3 where he defeated to Rinderknech in the Rubber 4 on the 19th of September.
Auger-Aliassime has a 35-16 win-loss record in 2026, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Montpellier where he defeated Adrian Mannarino in the final 6-3 7-6(4).
Last year in Beijing Auger-Aliassime didn’t compete in Beijing in 2025.
Karen Khachanov: ranking and results
Ranked no. 26, Karen will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match in Us Open where he lost to Zverev in the semifinal on the 11th of September.
The Russian has a 21-19 win-loss record in 2026, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Beijing Khachanov lost in the 1st round 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 to Alexandre Muller.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 6th time that Felix Auger-Aliassime and Karen Khachanov face off. Their record is 3-2 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time they locked horns, Khachanov won 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Us open back in September 2026.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Felix Auger-Aliassime who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Felix Auger-Aliassime is the pick to win this match.
Felix Auger-Aliassime -> 1.61
Karen Khachanov -> 2.3
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At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Last Results
These are the last results of the China Open
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jie CuiCui (6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Arthur GeaGea – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-4 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
Upcoming matches
These are the upcoming matches of the China Open
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (5-2) – H2H – Prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (8-2) – H2H – Prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – (1-2) – H2H – Prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-4) – H2H – Prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (3-2) – H2H – Prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Andrey RublevRublev (1-3) – H2H – Prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Mariano NavoneNavone (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
