As the grand slam curtain is about to fall for another year at the US Open, the action is just getting started for Asian tennis fans. Over the next five weeks, Asia will host a staggering 11 frontline tournaments across six countries - five ATP events and six on the WTA circuit - beginning with the Guangzhou International Women's Open, which starts tomorrow.
Later this month, the neighbouring nations of Malaysia and Thailand will stage duelling men's championships.
And Japanese fans will see three tournaments in three weeks - two of them women's events - between September 28 and October 18.
The undisputed success of the ATP World Tour Finals in Shanghai over the past four years has got tennis bosses fired up about the potential of the world's fastest growing sports market. And they've apparently reacted to earlier predictions that the global recession would ease quickest here by stacking their calendars with Asian dates.
This year, the season-ending event has moved to London but the Paris of the East has been rewarded with the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 from October 12: the only one of the nine so-called 1000 events - the most important tennis after the grand slams - to be held outside Europe and North America. The number 1000 refers to the ranking points earned by the champion.
In an apparent shifting of the tennis world order, Shanghai replaces Hamburg as a top-tier event next month and takes over the spot once held on the calendar by Madrid at the end of an expanded Asian 'swing'.