Seventeen-year-old Mirra Andreeva will face spin doctor Daria Kasatkina for the Ningbo title after each woman beat ailing semifinal opponents.
Tommy Paul won 18 of 20 net points stopping Stan Wawrinka's inspired run 6-3, 6-2 to advance to his seventh career final in Stockholm.
Gabriel Diallo drilled Francisco Cerundolo 6-4, 6-2 advancing to his maiden ATP final and continuing a run in which he's cracked the Top 100 for the first time.
The 22-year-old Czech continues to impress as 2024 winds down.
Daria Kasatkina saved a pair of match points in the tiebreaker edging Yulia Putintseva to battle into the Ningbo Open semifinals.
Stan Wawrinka toppled Andrey Rublev 7-6(5), 7-6(5) scoring his first Top 10 win in a year to become the oldest Stockholm semifinalist in history.
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