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title: "Djokovic survives China Open scare against home wildcard Bu"
description: "Both outlets reported that Novak Djokovic narrowly overcame a challenge from home wildcard Bu Yunchaokete in the China Open second round, with similar scores and descriptions of the match. 24 News HD led with the opponent's world ranking (104), while The Nation emphasized that Bu was a \"home wildcard\" and described the match as \"gripping.\" Both framed the result as a \"scare\" for Djokovic."
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# Djokovic survives China Open scare against home wildcard Bu

sports · updated 3 Oct 2026, 1:49 AM PKT · 2–3 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Both outlets reported that Novak Djokovic narrowly overcame a challenge from home wildcard Bu Yunchaokete in the China Open second round, with similar scores and descriptions of the match. 24 News HD led with the opponent's world ranking (104), while The Nation emphasized that Bu was a "home wildcard" and described the match as "gripping." Both framed the result as a "scare" for Djokovic.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **The Nation** — [Djokovic survives China Open scare against home wildcard Bu](https://www.nation.com.pk/03-Oct-2026/djokovic-survives-china-open-scare-home-wildcard-bu) · 3 Oct 2026, 1:49 AM PKT
  > BEIJING - Novak Djokovic survived a major scare at the China Open, battling past Chinese wildcard Bu Yunchaokete 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 in a gripping second-round encounter on Friday.
- **24 News HD** — [Djokovic survives China Open scare against wildcard world no. 104](https://www.24newshd.tv/02-Oct-2026/djokovic-survives-china-open-scare-wildcard-world-104) · 2 Oct 2026, 9:04 PM PKT · 92% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Novak Djokovic survived a scare to beat world number 104 Bu Yunchaokete 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-2 in the second round of the China Open on Friday in Beijing.

## Part of a bigger story

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2 articles from 2 outlets, 2–3 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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