WASHINGTON \u2013 Leylah Fernandez and Anna Kalinskaya will face each other in the DC Open final, both seeking their first WTA title of the season.<\/p>\n
Fernandez, runner-up of the 2021 US Open, hit 12 aces and secured her second win of the week against a top-20 opponent by defeating Elena Rybakina, 2022 Wimbledon champion, with a score of 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3) in a match that lasted 3 hours and 16 minutes in Saturday’s semifinals.<\/p>\n
Kalinskaya needed less time to eliminate Emma Raducanu with a score of 6-4, 6-3, thanks to 14 backhand winners in the other women’s semifinal. Raducanu was the one who defeated Fernandez for the championship at Flushing Meadows four years ago.<\/p>\n
Both finalists are not classified. Fernandez, from Canada and 22 years old, is ranked 36th; Kalinskaya, from Russia and 26 years old, is in 48th place.<\/p>\n
Kalinskaya advances to her third final at the tournament level. Last season, she had a record of 0-2 in title matches.<\/p>\n
Fernandez, who defeated Jessica Pegula, the top seed, earlier in the week, has three titles to her name. Sunday’s match will be her seventh career final.<\/p>\n
Alex de Minaur, seventh seed, advanced to his second final in Washington by defeating Corentin Moutet with a score of 6-4, 6-3. De Minaur will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, number 12, who defeated Ben Shelton, number 4, with a result of 6-2, 7-5 in the other semifinal.<\/p>\n
The semifinal victory was De Minaur’s twentieth on hard court in 2025, the most on the ATP circuit. The Australian, ranked 13th, advanced to his 19th career final; so far he has a 9-9 record. One of the times he was runner-up was against Alexander Zverev in Washington in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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