How a farcical China Open finale highlighted tennis’ biggest problem
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What happened
Injuries and a default meant both the semi-finals and the final in Beijing ended in walkovers, a state of affairs summing up how tennis faces a reckoning with its bloated and brutal calendar
Summary assembled by rule from the sources below