Record numbers attend thrilling Ningbo Open 2025
Women's singles finalists Elena Rybakina and Ekaterina Alexandrova pose with the trophy. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Elena Rybakina and the duo of Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Liudmila Samsonova triumphed at the Ningbo Open 2025, a record-making tournament that combined top-level tennis with the dynamic culture of the host city.
The event wrapped up on Oct 19 at the renovated Ningbo (Yinzhou) Tennis Center in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. Melichar-Martinez and Samsonova claimed the women's doubles title, defeating Timea Babos and Luisa Stefani 5-7, 6-4, 10-8. Later, Rybakina won the singles title, staging a comeback to beat Ekaterina Alexandrova 3-6, 6-0, 6-2.
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