The top-seeded Jabeur won her fifth career title in Ningbo, defeating teenager Diana Shnaider, while Pegula put herself in pole position to reach the WTA Finals.

Elsewhere Thursday, Guadalajara champ Maria Sakkari beat Misaki Doi in the final match of the Japanese player's career in Tokyo.

The first round of the Guangzhou Open marked the return of elite women’s tennis to China for the first time since 2019.

Noha Akugue won 6-3, 6-3 against another 19-year-old, Russian Diana Shnaider, in a fairy-tale run at her hometown Hamburg European Open.

Ranked No. 207, the teenager is seeking to be the first German champion in Hamburg since Steffi Graf in 1992.

Fiona Crawley, UNC's top-ranked player, will be in Chapel Hill—and should be battle-tested after her experience in Charleston.

Two big cheers from the 18-year-old caused the No. 6 seed to complain—before the Greek turned things around in time to avoid a second-round upset.

The former junior standout had planned to make a college tennis debut with N.C. State, but those plans may change after winning her first Grand Slam main draw match.