Canada’s Fernandez falls to top-ranked Rybakina in Ningbo Open women’s tennis final

Canada's Leylah Fernandez was defeated by world No. 1 Elena Rybakina in the Ningbo Open women's tennis final, losing 6-2, 6-2. Fernandez, from Laval, Que., had two aces to three double faults, but failed to break on all four of her break-point opportunities. Rybakina, on the other hand, had three aces to two double faults and converted on four of her five break-point opportunities.

The 30th-ranked Fernandez was in search of her second WTA title of the season, while Rybakina won her tour-leading fourth title of the season and first as No. 1. She had previously won the Australian Open, Stuttgart Open, and U.S. Open earlier in the year, and is now 8-0 in her career at the Ningbo Open.

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