SHANGHAI–Top-ranked Elena Rybakina closed in on her fourth WTA title of the year as she beat Diana Shnaider on Saturday to set up a Ningbo Open final against Leylah Fernandez. Three-time Grand Slam winner Rybakina, the number one seed and defending champion, defeated the 13th-ranked Russian 6-3, 7-5. Rybakina, who usurped Aryna Sabalenka as world number one in her US Open triumph in September, missed last week’s Wuhan Open with a foot injury. The Moscow-born Kazakh threatened to run away with the first set but struggled to put Shnaider away when serving at 5-3 up. Rybakina twice double-faulted as she uncharacteristically […]...

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