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10 p.m. Friday night for Leylah Fernandez, who is the only seed left in Osaka and has a good shot at the title. She’s been playing well enough. And she doesn’t have to go through Naomi Osaka or any of the other seeds to do it.

In Ningbo, some big-league stakes in terms of the WTA Finals.

If Jasmine Paolini can beat Elena Rybakina in Saturday’s semi – she’s 3-2 against her, having won the last two including their last meeting, which was a year ago in the WTA Finals. This will be their first meeting in 2025.

(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

Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025
Order of play

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Center Court (1 p.m. start – 1 a.m. EDT)

1. [1] Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) vs. Nicole Melicher-Martinez (USA) / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS)

2. [2] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) vs [3] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) (not before 3 p.m.)

3. [4] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) vs [7] Diana Shnaider (RUS) (not before 5:30 p.m.)

4. [4] Timea Babos (HUN) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) vs. Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Tang Qianhui (CHN)

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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

Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025
Order of play

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Center Court (11 p.m. start – 10 p.m. Friday EDT)

1. [4] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) vs Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 

2.  Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) vs [Q] Tereza Valentova (CZE)  

3. [2] Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Taylor Townsend (USA) vs Storm Hunter (AUS) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) (Doubles final)

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