Rybakina to face Fernandez in Ningbo Open final

Defending champion and world number one Elena Rybakina beat Russian sixth seed Diana Shnaider 6-3, 7-5 to reach the Ningbo Open final ahead of next month's WTA Finals. She will meet unseeded Canadian Leylah Fernandez on Sunday after Fernandez beat Czech Marie Bouzkova by the same scoreline. Rybakina is the reigning Australian Open and US Open champion.