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paulisi · Tennis legend

Week 5- WTA250 Transilvania Open, Cluj-Naponica, Romania - Indoor Hard

HarryGem · County player

Phew!

Jajon · Club Coach

Ok but that match was bit of a mess but great fun. Lemme follow Oliynykovas progress as she is going to annoy a LOT of players

Danny1312 · Club Coach

Well done Emma! That was a great final set after the first 3 games!

Peter too · Tennis legend

Half way through that final set Emma seemed to jump into a new mindset of "enough of this messing about lets finish it off" she starting hitting harder and harder forehands until her opponent's returns broke down. But then her opponent starting hitting the lines and came part way back until Emma threw in that couple of drop shots to finish it off. That match could so easily have got away but a very determined Emma stuck to it and came through.

indiana · Tennis legend

For the record,

SF:- Emma Raducanu (GBR) WR30 [1] beat Oleksandra Olimykova (UKR) WR91 by 7-5 3-6 6-3

Emma is now live ranked 25 and that will be her ranking on Monday. It will be her highest ranking since her US Open title points came off in 2022. It will be a CH 75 for the Ukrainian.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 6th of February 2026 06:27:31 PM

wales1994 · County player

paulisi wrote:
Emma gets over the line.

2 GB WTA finalists in the same week. I bet that is a first

In different events, maybe. But Boulter and Burrage played in the '23 Nottingham final - that's the only one that springs to mind.

Var · Futures level

It was a lot less stressful watching Katie earlier!

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

paulisi wrote:
Emma gets over the line.

2 GB WTA finalists in the same week. I bet that is a first

Why the reticence to acknowledge the Nottingham WTA final? I appreciate the dismay felt in some quarters at Burrage basically retiring herself but we must honour the memory of her high points.

DavidC · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
Emma gets over the line.

2 GB WTA finalists in the same week. I bet that is a first

Katie B beat Jodie in the 2023 Nottingham Open final, but Eleanor Crooks has tweeted that it is the first time two Brits will play finals in different WTA tournaments on the same day

Blue_Belle · Pro player

And Liv in the doubles final too

paulisi · Tennis legend

Jeff Stelling wrote:
paulisi wrote:
Emma gets over the line.

2 GB WTA finalists in the same week. I bet that is a first

Why the reticence to acknowledge the Nottingham WTA final? I appreciate the dismay felt in some quarters at Burrage basically retiring herself but we must honour the memory of her high points.

To be honest, i'd forgotton about that, but was really inferring two different events with two chances.

seagull · Tennis legend

Home favourite Cirstea in the final. Be tough.

They played once before at Wimbledon in 2021 with Emma winning in 2 close sets

-- Edited by seagull on Friday 6th of February 2026 07:33:00 PM

christ · Challenger qualifying

One and a half Romanians into the final must be the organisers' dream!

the addict · Tennis legend

F:- Emma Raducanu (GBR) WR30 [1] v Sorana Cirstea (ROM) WR36 [3]