<figure id="attachment_3187657" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3187657" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3187657" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2c927ebe-afp__20251019__79b39we__v1__midres__tennischnwta_cropped_1-1.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3187657" class="wp-caption-text">Kazakhstan&#8217;s Elena Rybakina serves to Russia&#8217;s Ekaterina Alexandrova during the women’s singles final at the WTA Ningbo Open tennis tournament. (AFP pic)</figcaption></figure>
NINGBO: Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina stormed back from a set down to capture the 10th title of her career with a 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory over Ekaterina Alexandrova in the Ningbo Open final in China today.
Rybakina fired 39 winners, including 11 aces, and won 88% of her first-serve points against Russia&#8217;s Alexandrova to clinch her second trophy of the season.
The world number nine from Kazakhstan strengthened her chances of securing a WTA Finals qualification spot.
However,  she will need to reach the semi-finals at next week&#8217;s Pan-Pacific Open in Tokyo to move past Russia&#8217;s Mirra Andreeva in the race for a place in Riyadh next month.
&#8220;I would like to congratulate Ekaterina for the great week and the great season so far and wish her good luck in the next season,&#8221; said Rybakina after accepting the trophy.
&#8220;Thank you so much to my team who are always pushing me to be better, especially at the end of the season, it&#8217;s not easy.
&#8220;But without you I will not be here. Hopefully we can push a little more next week.&#8221;
Rybakina responded to dropping the opening set by winning nine games in a row, as she levelled the match and surged to a 3-0 advantage in the decider.
She was nearly unplayable in the second and third sets and sealed the victory in just under two hours.
&#8220;I want to congratulate Elena on the amazing week and the amazing game that she played today,&#8221; said Alexandrova, who at the age of 30 was making her top-10 debut this week.
&#8220;I wish her luck until the end of the season and for the next year,” she added.

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