The Asian swing gets wonky quickly on the calendar, proceeding along an arrhythmic cadence which is part of what can make it tricky to follow from afar. Maybe most strangely, the ATP 500 finals in Beijing and Tokyo and the ATP 250 finals in Chengdu and Hangzhou all fell on Tuesdays in recent weeks. Along with the time difference and post-Slam Season fatigue, it may be the trickiest time for many fans to keep up their tennis circadian rhythms.1
But this Sunday in Shanghai and Wuhan, the two tours aligned with finals at the 1000-level that brought some of the parallels from this offbeat seasons on both tours into communion and contrast.
To read up on Maja Chwalinska’s win at WTA 1000 Wuhan and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina’s Shanghai success—plus an update on the new (and popular, happily) Bounces Box game—please subscribe to Bounces! —Ben