Filipino Canadian tennis player Leylah Fernandez finishes runner-up to Elena Rybakina at the Ningbo Open

Filipino Canadian Leylah Fernandez reached her second final of the season at the WTA 500 Ningbo Open in China, where she lost 6-2, 6-2 to world No. 1 Elena Rybakina on Sunday 25 October.

Filipino Canadian tennis player Leylah Fernandez lost the Ningbo Open final to world No. 1 Elena Rybakina 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday 25 October, INQUIRER.net USA reported. The final ended Fernandez's run at the WTA 500 tournament in China.

The 24-year-old reached the final after three consecutive three-set battles, beating Elise Mertens, Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Ekaterina Alexandrova before defeating Marie Bouzkova 6-3, 7-5 in the semifinals. It was her second final of the season and the 10th of her career. She won the Singapore Open in September.

According to the WTA, Rybakina needed 1 hour and 16 minutes to win and did not drop her serve. The title was Rybakina's fourth of the season, and her third consecutive tour-level win over Fernandez gave her a 4-2 lead in their head-to-head series.

"Just enjoying the battle," Fernandez said in an on-court interview published by the WTA. "It was so tough, but it was also so much fun playing in front of a wonderful crowd in a great stadium." INQUIRER.net USA reported that Fernandez will next compete at the Tokyo WTA 500 tournament.

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