The final of the Transylvania Open (WTA 250) tennis tournament, with total prizes of 283,347 dollars and hosted by BTarena in Cluj-Napoca, will be played between Romanian Sorana Cirstea and British Emma Raducanu.
Cirstea (35 years old, no. 36 WTA), the third seed, managed an easy victory, 6-0, 6-3 versus Ukrainian Daria Snigur (23 years old, no. 144 WTA), after only 56 minutes.
In contrast, Emma Raducanu, the main seed, had a tough match versus Ukrainian revelation Oleksandra Olinikova, whom she defeated 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, after almost three hours of play (2 h 48 min).
Raducanu (23 years old, no. 30 WTA) won her only direct match with Cirstea, in 2021, at Wimbledon, in the third round, 6-3, 7-5.
The two finalists each secured 22,125 dollars and 163 WTA points.
Kamila Rahimova (Uzbekistan) and Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spain) qualified for the doubles final, after 6-2, 6-7 (6/8), 11-9 with the pair Veronika Erjavec (Slovenia)/Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah.
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