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We’re thankful, again, that the Osaka schedulers again put Leylah Fernandez first up on the Friday sked (although she might not love the early starts).

That meant the match is available back at home, either in the late evening or primetime, depending on which end of the country you reside.

And she made the most of it, reaching the semifinals.

In Ningbo, which is a higher-level event, five of the eight seeds were still alive – with No. 2 Jasmine Paolini vs. No. 6 Belinda Bencic the one to watch. And it delivered.

ATP Tour – Friday OOP

(Osaka is 13 hours ahead of EDT, Ningbo is 12 hours ahead)

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2025 Aux – Ningbo Open 2025
Location: Ningbo, China
Surface: Hard
Category: WTA 500
Dates: Oct. 13 – 19, 2025
Prize money: $1,064,510
Draws: S28 – D16

Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
Final results

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Singles, quarterfinals

[2] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def [6] Belinda Bencic (SUI) 57 75 63

[3] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def [Q] Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 62 60

[4] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def McCartney Kessler (USA) 63 63

[7] Diana Shnaider (RUS) def. [WC] Zhu Lin (CHN) 26 63 61

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Doubles, quarterfinal

Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def [3] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 75 61

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Kinoshita Group Japan Open
Location: Osaka, Japan
Surface: Hard
Category: WTA 250
Dates: Oct. 13 – 19, 2025
Prize money: $275,094
Draws: S32 – D16

Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
Final results

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Singles, quarterfinals

[4] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) def Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) 76 (2) 63

Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) def [1] Naomi Osaka (JPN) WALKOVER

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[Q] Tereza Valentova (CZE) def [6] Olga Danilovic (SRB) 46 62 63

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Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 62 26 62

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Doubles, semifinals

Storm Hunter (AUS) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) def Ann Li / Caty McNally (USA) WALKOVER

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[2] Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Taylor Townsend (USA) def Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 75 64

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ATP Tour – Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 final results

WTA Tour – Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 final results

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