Paolini stops in the semifinals: Rybakina too strong at the Ningbo Open

John

By John

Jasmine Paolini was defeated in two sets by Elena Rybakina in the semifinal of the Ningo Open (Wta 500), in the province of Zhejiang (China). Result in favor of the Kazakh, n.9 in the ranking, 6-3, 6-2. Especially in the second set, the Italian (n.8) seemed to be affected by the more than three hours of play she spent yesterday to beat the Swiss Belinda Bencic. The race between the two for a place in the singles at the WTA Finals in Riyadh therefore remains uncertain. The result of tomorrow’s final will be important, between Rybakina and the winner of the Russian derby which pits Diana Shnaider and Ekaterina Alexandrova against each other in the second semi-final.