Spicy Surprises In Tokyo, Traditional Garb In Beijing

  • Posted: Oct 06, 2016

Spicy Surprises In Tokyo, Traditional Garb In Beijing

It hasn’t all been about tennis for players this week. ATPWorldTour.com provides a recap of the highlights.

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Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2016 – Tokyo, Japan

Nick Kyrgios, Gael Monfils, Kevin Anderson, Yoshihito Nishioka, John Peers and more played “sushi roulette” to find out which player gets the lucky (or unlucky?) sushi roll filled with wasabi. The star who got the spicy treat also won a prize! 

Kei Nishikori, Feliciano Lopez, Monfils, Benoit Paire, Marcos Baghdatis, Marin Cilic, Ivo Karlovic, Nishioka, Taro Daniel, Anderson, Yuichi Sugita and Fernando Verdasco were on hand for ATP Sunday Charity Day, a tradition at the Rakuten Open, which sees packed crowds watch players practise ahead of the tournament.

Gilles Muller, Peers and Henri Kontinen helped out at an Emirates Clinic. 

China Open – Beijing, China

Andy Murray, Milos Raonic and Rafael Nadal were among the players to enjoy the China Open Official Government Reception, hosted at Beijing National Stadium, also known as the iconic Bird’s Nest.

Rohan Bopanna and Daniel Nestor helped out at Mercedes Benz Kids’ Day, while Nadal stopped by to take selfies with the children.

Murray, Adrian Mannarino, Lucas Pouille, Dominic Thiem, Edouard Roger-Vasselin, Ze Zhang, Alexander Zverev, Andre Begemann, Florian Mayer, Steve Johnson, Julien Benneteau, Pablo Carreno Busta, Kyle Edmund, Pablo Cuevas, Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan and Roberto Bautista Agut were among the stars to meet fans on-site for selfies and autographs.

Jack Sock, Raonic, Pouille, Sam Querrey and Andreas Seppi spent time on-site with sponsors.

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