Mayar Sherif def. Oleksandra Oliynykova 6-3, 6-1 — Iași Open 2026 Semifinal

Match recap

Mayar Sherif defeated Oleksandra Oliynykova 6-3, 6-1 in the Semifinal of the Iași Open 2026.

Second serves settled this semifinal. Mayar Sherif won all nine points behind hers while Oleksandra Oliynykova scraped three of eight behind her own, a gap the WTA No. 109 converted into five breaks from ten chances, the last of the opener arriving in game 9 for 6-3. This reads as an upset only on paper — the 10Bet market priced Sherif at 54 percent while our model sided with the No. 3 seed, who had won their only prior meeting on record but held serve just three times in eight games here. Sherif needed 87 minutes to book her place in the Iași Open final, one win from the title.

Match stats

Mayar Sherif: 0 aces, 82% first serves, 0 double faults, 5/10 break points. Oleksandra Oliynykova: 0 aces, 85% first serves, 2 double faults, 1/2 break points.

Profiles: Mayar Sherif · Oleksandra Oliynykova — Iași Open 2026

Head-to-head

Mayar Sherif and Oleksandra Oliynykova have met 2 times, splitting the head-to-head 1–1.

• Transylvania Open 2026 R32 — Oleksandra Oliynykova won 6(6)-7(8), 6-4, 6-4