Jo-WIlfried Tsonga and Milos Raonic play on Monday at the China Open
Monday 5 October 2015 16:41, UK
Live tennis returns to Sky Sports this week with a host of the sports biggest names playing in the China Open.
From 5.30am on Sky Sports 3 you can watch coverage from Beijing where world No 1 Novak Djokovic is defending his title.
Djokovic doesn't play on Monday but there are some strong candidates to challenge his title kicking off their tournament.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is one, the Frenchman is desperate to earn points towards the 'Race to London', he's currently 15th in the rankings. Tsonga plays Austria's Andreas Haider-Maurer first up on the National Tennis Stadium.
Canada's Milos Raonic is another big hitter hoping to qualify for this year's World Tour Finals. He has a tough opening round game against Serbia's Viktor Troicki to navigate on Monday.
British No 2 Aljaz Bedene has qualified for the main draw, he takes on Czech player Lukas Rosol in the first round on Court 3.
Other names to look out for Monday include Belgium's Davis Cup star David Goffin who comes up against Italy's Andreas Seppi, and the entertaining Fabio Fognini challenges Martin Klizan.
Watch all the action from 5.30am and then at 12.30pm on Sky Sports 3, Monday October 5.