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A good 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. And after getting through a slugfest with 35-year-old Sorana on Saturday, she’s through to the final.
In Ningbo, some big-league stakes in terms of the WTA Finals.
If Jasmine Paolini could beat Elena Rybakina in Saturday’s semi – she was 3-2 against her, having won the last two including their last meeting, which was a year ago in the WTA Finals – she would qualify for the WTA Finals this year.
This was first meeting in 2025. And Rybakina denied her.
(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
Final results
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Singles, semifinals
[3] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def [2] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 63 62
[4] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def [7] Diana Shnaider (RUS) 63 64
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Doubles, semifinals
Nicole Melicher-Martinez (USA) / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def [1] Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 46 63 [10-6]
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[4] Timea Babos (HUN) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) def. Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Tang Qianhui (CHN) 75 64
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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
Final results
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Singles, semifinals
[4] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) def Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 61 26 64
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[Q] Tereza Valentova (CZE) def Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) 67 (3) 64 63
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Doubles final
[2] Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Taylor Townsend (USA) def Storm Hunter (AUS) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) 64 26 [10-5]
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