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World No. 1 Elena Rybakina will play for her fourth title of the season Sunday on the Ningbo Open in China, opposing Canada’s Leylah Fernandez.
Both gamers posted 6-3, 7-5 victories on Saturday. Top-seeded Rybakina, from Kazakhstan, beat No. 6 Diana Shnaider of Russia and Fernandez topped Czech Marie Bouzkova.
Rybakina, who gained the WTA 500 event final yr, is searching for the primary profitable title protection of her profession and her fifteenth profession title. Fernandez has six profession titles, profitable in Singapore in September. Rybakina holds a 3-2 lead of their head-to-head sequence.
Japan Open
Ashlyn Krueger defeated fellow American and No. 1 seed Ann Li 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3 to earn a spot within the finals in Osaka.
Li misplaced serve within the first sport of the third set and couldn’t catch up. Serving down 5-3 within the third, Li went up 40-0 and squandered the lead, with Krueger profitable on her second match level.
Krueger gained the title in Osaka in 2023 and is 10-2 in her profession on the WTA 250 event. She will face Czech Katerina Siniakova, who defeated No. 8 Katie Boulter of Great Britain 6-1, 6-4 within the different semifinal.
–Field Level Media