After Elena Rybakina qualified for the WTA Finals following a quarterfinal win at the 2025 WTA Tokyo Open, she’ll look to move into a third final of 2025 during Saturday’s semifinal action. LWOT has the preview and prediction for two exciting matches in Japan’s capital below.

WTA Tokyo Semifinal Predictions

Belinda Bencic vs Sofia Kenin

Head-to-head: Kenin 2-0

Both players could have easily been out of this tournament by now. Bencic survived a back-and-forth showdown against Karolina Muchova in her quarterfinal match here, winning 3-6 7-5 7-5 and saving match points. Hours before, Kenin saved match points to stun No. 3 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova. Bencic easily has more power on her flat groundstrokes from the back of the court, but Kenin has a tricky backhand that could counter Ben

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