Rybakina storms back from set down to beat Alexandrova in Ningbo Open
Elena Rybakina stormed back from a set down to beat Ekaterina Alexandrova 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 in the Ningbo Open final on Sunday to win her 10th WTA title. It was Rybakina's second title of the year. The Kazakhstan player's late-season surge is keeping her in contention for the season-ending WTA Finals in Riyadh in November.
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CT entrepreneur on the ‘Fast Track’ to making popular sport more accessible for all. Here’s how
Connecticut entrepreneur John Davey was working on Wall Street when he started to look for his next step in life.. Tennis was always Davey’s first love. He had another business he sold and was looking for his next chapter after his wife returned to work and his daughters left for college. In recent years, Davey was working with some teams and clubs around Connecticut and came up with the idea ...
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Canada's Fernandez beats Valentova to win Japan Open
Canada's Leylah Fernandez beat Czech teenager Tereza Valentova 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 to win the Japan Open on Sunday, her second WTA title of the year."I'm sure I'm going to see you in many more finals like this one," added the 23-year-old after her fifth career tournament win, which gave her second title in the same year for the first time.
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Leylah Fernandez wins Japan Open for her fifth career title
Leylah Fernandez beat 18-year-old qualifier Tereza Valentova 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 in the final of the WTA's Japan Open on Sunday for her fifth career title. Playing in her eighth career final, the one-time U.S. Open runner-up raced through the first set in 29 minutes, before Valentova settled her nerves in the second set and found a way to level the match when she broke Fernandez in the 12 game. In the deciding set, the 27th-ranked Fernandez made a crucial break in the fourth game and then saw off a late challenge by the Czech player to claim her second title of the season after taking the WTA 500 D.C. Open in July.
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Green Bay area high school sports results for Saturday, Oct. 18
