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Fifth-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland outlasted Sofia Kenin 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-2 on Saturday to achieve the Toray Pan Pacific Open last in Tokyo.
Bencic struck 10 aces and saved 5 of seven break factors to win in two hours and quarter-hour. Bencic beforehand reached the ultimate of this match 10 years in the past as an 18-year-old, dropping to Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska.
Bencic will face No. 6 seed Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic in Sunday’s WTA 500 last after No. 2 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan withdrew forward of the opposite semifinal with a again harm. Bencic is looking for her tenth profession singles title and Noskova, 20, is in search of her second. It will probably be their first assembly.
Guangzhou Open
Second-seeded American Ann Li and New Zealand’s Lulu Sun will meet in Sunday’s last of the WTA 250 match in Guangzhou, China.
Li held a 5-2 lead within the opening set when China’s Shuai Zhang retired from their semifinal match. Li received 16 of the 19 factors on her first serve, together with 5 aces, and saved the one break level she confronted. She is looking for her second WTA Tour singles title.
Sun prevented an all-American last with a 6-0, 7-6 (3) victory in opposition to Claire Liu in a single hour and 53 minutes. Sun is in search of her maiden title, having misplaced her solely earlier last on the Monterrey Open in August 2024.
–Field Level Media