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Marta Kostyuk was forced to retire from the Ningbo Open through injury, ending her pursuit of a place at the 2026 WTA Finals. Leylah Fernandez progressed after a three-hour battle.
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Marta Kostyuk's bid to reach the 2026 WTA Finals came to a painful halt on Wednesday after the Ukrainian was forced to retire from her second-round match at the Ningbo Open through injury. The withdrawal handed Ekaterina Alexandrova a passage into the quarterfinals - and ended Kostyuk's season-long chase for a spot at the year-end showpiece.
Leylah Fernandez produced a gutsy display to outlast qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3 in a gruelling contest lasting three hours and three minutes. The Canadian trailed 5-3 in the opening set before staging a superb recovery to take control.
It was Fernandez's fifth WTA Tour quarterfinal of 2026 and her first in Ningbo. She now leads Sasnovich 3-2 in their head-to-head, having won every hard-court meeting between the pair.
Fernandez will take on Alexandrova for a place in the semi-finals. Elsewhere, Cristina Bucsa and Nicole Melichar-Martinez also booked quarterfinal berths with straight-sets victories over Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini respectively.
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