Overview
- Paula Badosa beat Tamara Zidanšek 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(1) in the semifinals on Saturday to advance to the UniCredit Iași Open final.
- Reaching the final effectively locks Badosa back inside the WTA Top 100 and spares her from having to play US Open qualifying.
- During the semifinal Badosa threw her racket over the back fence, received a code-violation warning and narrowly avoided disqualification when the object landed short of spectators.
- Mayar Sherif reached the final with a 6-3, 6-1 semifinal win over Oleksandra Oliynykova and will face Badosa on Sunday in a matchup between players coming off recent clay-court titles.
- Badosa is riding a nine-match winning streak that began with a WTA 125 title in Båstad and the Iași result restores momentum that could raise her ranking further and change her schedule for the US hard-court season.