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Day 2 at the China Open coincided with National Day, which officially kicks off Golden Week, a week-long national holiday. With the spotlight shining bright, Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen and Beijing's own Shang Jungcheng dug deep to produce two rousing three-set wins in the first round.

The action began at 11:00am on the Diamond Court, where thousands of fans came through the gates to get a glimpse of the all-Chinese opener between Zheng Qinwen and Shi Han. The two battled for over two-and-a-half hours until the former World No. 4 prevailed 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-2. Zheng will face 15th seed Anna Kalinskaya in the second round.

The Chinese flags continued to fly throughout the day and the homegrown success continued. 21-year-old Shang Jungcheng battled back from a set down to defeat Argentina's Sebastian Baez 5-7, 6-3, 7-5. Shang will next face No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev, who put in a sparkling opening performance to best Cameron Norrie 7-6(1), 6-4.

"I'm really happy," said Shang. "This is my fourth year back here. This is my first win in the China Open. Very happy to win this match this way.

"I don't think too much before the next round because Zverev is one of the best players right now. He has two Grand Slams. I'm just very lucky to share this court with him. I hope that in two days we can see more fans in a big court. Happy to be back in the China Open.”

As evening descended on the National Tennis Center, Zhu Lin gave the boisterous Chinese fans even more to cheer. The 32-year-old veteran earned her first tour-level victory of the year by defeating Alycia Parks 6-4, 6-2.

Rounding out the National Day action for the home team, 16-year-old US Open junior champion Sun Xinran won her first tour-level match with a dominant display on the Diamond Court. Sun won nine of 10 games before Germany's Eva Lys retired due to a foot injury. She was joined by China's final winner of the day, 28-year-old Gao Xinyu, who beat Panna Udvardy 6-2, 6-3.

In the men's draw, Roman Safiullin and Hubert Hurkacz pulled off the big upsets of the day. Safiullin knocked out No. 4 seed Flavio Cobolli in a 6-3, 6-2 win. Hurkacz rallied from a set down to defeat No. 7 seed Learner Tien, winning 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.

After the first two days of play, No. 5 seed Alex de Minaur remains as the only seeded player in the bottom half of the draw. He advanced with a 7-6(4), 6-2 win over Mariano Navone of Argentina.

"All in all I'm happy that I managed to get through," De Minaur said after the win. "There were some tough moments there, which I battled through. Yeah, a good match to get my Beijing campaign started, especially considering that I was in London two days ago."

No. 8 seed Jakub Mensik closed out Day 2 with a 6-4, 7-6(5) win over Alexander Bublik. He will face Francisco Cerundolo in the next round.

Day 2: Zheng, Shang win to open Golden Week at China Open