Rybakina consolidates her number 1 with another crown in Ningbo

Elena Rybakinacurrent number one in the world, took victory in the final of the WTA 500 in Ningbo (China), on hard court, by forcefully imposing herself on the Canadian Leylah Fernándezthirtieth in the ranking, by 6-2 and 6-2 in one hour and seventeen minutes.

The Kazakh tennis player dominated the match completely with three direct serves and 24 winners compared to only nine for the Canadian, who did not reach half the number of successes in points won in first and second returns.

This is the fourth title of 2026 for Rybakinawho this year also won the Grand Slams of the Australian Open and US Open and the Stuttgart tournament (Germany).

In the other tournament of the week, the WTA 250 of Osaka, the victory went to the Czech Katerina Siniakova86 in the world ranking, who beat the American Ashlyn Krueger 6-1 and 6-0 in one hour and eight minutes.

Siniakova, 30 years old, played a very complete match to take the victory, achieving a 75% accuracy rate in points won on the first serve and 77% in points won on the second return, records much higher than those of the American, who even committed three double faults.

For the Czech tennis player this is the sixth WTA title of her professional career and the first since the last one in Nanchang (China) on October 22, 2023.