Elena Rybakina vs Jasmine Paolini

WTA Ningbo — Elena Rybakina vs Jasmine Paolini

🧠 Form & Context

🇰🇿 Elena Rybakina (#9) — 2025: 50–19 | Hard: 33–13

• Ningbo: d. Yastremska 6–4, 6–7, 6–3; d. Tomljanovic 6–2, 6–0.
• Recent swing: wins over Sabalenka (Cincy QF); losses to Swiatek (Cincy SF), Vondrousova (USO R16), Lys (Beijing 3R), Sabalenka (Wuhan QF).
• First-strike power, front-foot baseline game — dominant when the first serve lands.

🇮🇹 Jasmine Paolini (#8) — 2025: 46–17 | Hard: 27–11

• Ningbo: d. Kudermetova 6–2, 7–5; d. Bencic 5–7, 7–5, 6–3.
• Recent swing: d. Swiatek 6–1, 6–2 (Wuhan QF), lost to Gauff (Wuhan SF); Cincinnati finalist vs Swiatek.
• Compact timing, counter-punching and agility; thrives in longer, attritional exchanges.
• H2H: Paolini leads 3–2 (wins at 2024 WTA Finals & Roland Garros QF; Rybakina wins at 2024 Stuttgart & 2023 Rome).

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