Tamara Zidansek def. Petra Marcinko 6-3, 7-5 — Iași Open 2026 Quarterfinal

Match recap

Tamara Zidansek defeated Petra Marcinko 6-3, 7-5 in the Quarterfinal of the Iași Open 2026.

Second-serve points built this upset. The market gave Petra Marcinko a 64 percent chance, and the No. 2 seed even edged the first-serve exchanges 59 percent to 57 — but she won just 6 of 25 points behind her second delivery while Tamara Zidansek took 19 of 34, feeding six breaks from ten chances. The WTA No. 131 had needed deciding sets to get past Emiliana Arango and Anna Bondar; this time her sixth break of the match, in game 12 for 7-5, closed it after 1 hour, 46 minutes. Zidansek moves into the Iași Open semifinals.

Match stats

Tamara Zidansek: 1 ace, 58% first serves, 7 double faults, 6/10 break points. Petra Marcinko: 1 ace, 69% first serves, 6 double faults, 3/7 break points.

Profiles: Tamara Zidansek · Petra Marcinko — Iași Open 2026

Head-to-head

This is the first meeting between Tamara Zidansek and Petra Marcinko.