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Canada's Leylah Fernandez to meet Elena Rybakina in Ningbo Open final

   RecapThomson Reuters | Posted: October 24, 2026 12:17 PM | Last
   Updated: 2 hours ago

   Laval, Que., native scored 6-3, 7-5 semifinal win over Marie
   Bouzkova

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   Caption: Canada's Leylah Fernandez hits a return to Czech
   Republic's Marie Bouzkova during their women's singles
   semifinal match at the Ningbo Open tennis tournament in Ningbo,
   China on Saturday. (AFP via Getty Images)
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   Leylah Fernandez advanced to the final of the Ningbo Open after
   the unseeded Canadian beat ​Czech Marie Bouzkova 6-3, 7-5 in
   the semifinals at the ​Yinzhou International Tennis Centre in
   the eastern Chinese ⁠city on Saturday.
   Fernandez will face defending ​Ningbo Open champion Elena
   Rybakina in the final after the world No. 1 overcame Russian
   sixth seed Diana Shnaider 6-3 7-5 in their semifinal matchup.
   Australian and ⁠U.S. Open champion Rybakina, ‌who arrived for
   her title defence after a bruising defeat in Beijing and a foot
   injury that forced her out of Wuhan, showed flashes of ⁠her
   best form despite a few wobbles against the 13th-ranked
   Shnaider.
   An aggressive start with powerful winners from deep helped
   ‌three-times Grand Slam winner Rybakina take full control of
   the opening frame, which she sealed on her 11th set point after
   a sudden dip in ​form.
     * Canada's Fernandez advances to semifinal at Ningbo Open
       with win over Alexandrova

   The 27-year-old continued to struggle with the accuracy of her
   first serve ⁠in the next set, but won the crucial points ⁠and
   carved out a 4-3 advantage with a break, ⁠only ⁠to be broken
   ​to love in the 10th game.
   Rybakina responded strongly to get ​her nose in ⁠front again in
   the next game with some big hitting, before closing out the
   victory with a much more assured display on serve to take her
   place in the ⁠final.

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