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Paula Badosa defeated Tamara Zidansek 3-6, 7-5, 7(7)-6(1) — Iași Open 2026 Semifinal.
Paula Badosa and Tamara Zidansek: Paula Badosa leads 1–0 across 1 recorded meeting.
Break-point volume beat break-point precision. Tamara Zidansek cashed 8 of 9 chances on return, while Paula Badosa needed 24 looks for her eight breaks, a grind that still shaded the total points 110-104. The opener got away on a single break, in game 8 for 5-3, and the WTA No. 131 carried that edge deep into the second set. Game 10 flipped it. Badosa broke for 5-5, then outlasted a third with eight breaks of serve between them, taking a tiebreak for the third straight match this week and conceding one point in this one. Zidansek saved one match point, but the finish arrived 2 hours and 35 minutes in and puts the WTA No. 141 into the Iași Open final.