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Ningbo Open 2025: Live Results, Schedule & How to Watch the Breakthrough Tennis Tournament
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The 2025 Ningbo Open will crown its champion on Sunday with a blockbuster final between World No. 5 Elena Rybakina and Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova after both powered through straight-set semifinal wins in the coastal Chinese city.
Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, looked untouchable in a 6-3, 6-2 dismissal of Italy’s Jasmine Paolini, blasting 30 winners—including 10 aces—and saving all seven break points she faced to reach only her second final of the season. The Kazakh star is hunting for her first trophy since Doha and vital rankings points in the tight Porsche Race to Riyadh.
Alexandrova joined her after avenging a recent loss to 19-year-old Diana Shnaider, converting four of six break chances to prevail 6-3, 6-4 and book her third tour final of 2025. The big-hitting Russian has already lifted titles in Strasbourg and Cleveland and owns a 2-2 head-to-head record against Rybakina.
Sunday’s championship clash on the Ningbo Tennis Center hard courts (not before 4 p.m. local; 08:00 GMT) promises a shoot-out of first-strike tennis. Rybakina leads the 2025 WTA ace leaderboard, while Alexandrova ranks inside the top five for winners per match. With 280 ranking points and $35,250 on the line, the stakes could not be higher for two players still jostling for a spot in the season-ending WTA Finals.
The Ningbo Open, upgraded to a WTA 250 last year, sits strategically in the Asian swing between the Pan-Pacific Open and the China Open. Past champions include Ons Jabeur (2018) and Beatriz Haddad Maia (2024), underscoring the event’s growing prestige on tour. Organizers reported record attendance this week, buoyed by a fan-friendly schedule and free student entry.
How to watch: Live coverage streams worldwide on WTA TV, with regional partners SuperTennis (Europe), Tennis Channel (USA), beIN Sports (MENA) and iQIYI Sports (China). Match highlights, daily reels, and player interviews drop within minutes on the official WTA social channels, offering bite-sized content for global audiences.
Prize money & points: Champion 280 pts / $35,250; Runner-up 180 pts / $20,830; Semifinalists 110 pts / $11,275. Every point could prove decisive in the year-long race, where only 527 points separate seventh-placed Paolini from eleventh-placed Alexandrova entering the weekend.
Quote of the day: “Jasmine has played unbelievable all season, so I had to be aggressive from the first ball,” Rybakina said. “Reaching another final keeps my Finals dream alive, but I know Ekaterina is serving great and will make me work for every game.”
With two of the tour’s fiercest baseliners set to collide, the 2025 Ningbo Open finale shapes up as compulsory viewing for tennis fans and a potential turning point in the sprint toward Riyadh.
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