Russia’s tennis star Diana Shnaider reached the quarterfinals of the 2026 Ningbo Open tournament in China by defeating Alexandra Eala from the Philippines.

In the match that lasted for 1 hour 55 minutes the 6th-seeded Russian, who is playing under a neutral status at the tournament, defeated unseeded Eala in straight sets 7-5; 6-4 and is now set to play in the quarterfinals round against 4th-seeded Iva Jovic from the United States.

The 2026 Ningbo Open is the WTA 500 class tournament played on hard courts at the Yinzhou Tennis Center in China on October 19-25 and it offers $1.2 million in prize money. Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina is the tournament’s reigning champion.