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McCartney Kessler def. Liudmila Samsonova — Round of 16, Ningbo Open 2025

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Ningbo Open 2025

WTA 500HardNingbo, China

Played16 Oct 2025

Rounds
  1. R32
  2. R16
  3. QF
  4. Semifinal
  5. Final

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 33 going into this drawWon

McCartney Kessler 7 6

🇷🇺ranked WTA number 20 going into this draw

Liudmila Samsonova seeded 8 65 1

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What this match is worth

Points earned

Kessler +108Samsonova +60

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What decided it

  • Kessler broke 4 times from 5 chances, Samsonova 2 from 8
  • Samsonova won 38% behind her second serve, Kessler 46%
  • The first set went to a tiebreak, Kessler took it 7–5