Tennis-Rybakina brushes aside Fernandez to retain Ningbo crown网球——莱巴金娜击败费尔南德斯，卫冕宁波冠军
Oct 25 (Reuters) - Elena Rybakina blazed past unseeded Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-2 6-2 in the Ningbo Open final on Sunday to retain her title and lift her first trophy as the world number one ahead of the WTA Finals next month.
Tennis - WTA 500 - Ningbo Open - Yinzhou Tennis Center, Ningbo, China - October 25, 2026 Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina celebrates with the trophy after winning the final against Canada's Leylah Fernandez REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Oct 25 (Reuters) - Elena Rybakina blazed past unseeded Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-2 6-2 in the Ningbo Open final on Sunday to retain her title and lift her first trophy as the world number one ahead of the WTA Finals next month.
The victory in Ningbo also helped the Kazakh to take a big step towards securing the year-end number one ranking, further burnishing a spectacular season in which she won the Australian Open title before adding the US Open crown to reach the summit.
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网球 - WTA 500 - 宁波公开赛 - 中国宁波鄞州网球中心 - 2026年10月25日 哈萨克斯坦选手埃琳娜·莱巴金娜在决赛中战胜加拿大选手莱拉·费尔南德斯后举起奖杯庆祝。（路透社/Athit Perawongmetha）
10月25日（路透社）——周日，埃琳娜·莱巴金娜在宁波公开赛决赛中以6-2、6-2横扫非种子选手、加拿大选手莱拉·费尔南德斯，成功卫冕，并在下个月的WTA年终总决赛之前，赢得了她作为世界排名第一选手的首个冠军头衔。
宁波之行的胜利也帮助这位哈萨克斯坦选手向年终世界第一的排名迈出了重要一步，进一步巩固了她辉煌的赛季——此前她先是赢得了澳网冠军，随后又夺得了美网冠军，最终登顶世界第一。
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