Field Level Media
10 Apr 2026, 02:10 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Andy Abeyta/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Local wild-card competitor Lilli Tagger pulled off a 6-2, 7-6 (11) defeat of No. 3 Liudmila Samsonova of Russia on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz in Linz, Austria.
Tagger, who turned 18 in February, converted three of five break-point opportunities while winning 22 of 32 second-return points (69%). She staved off four set points in her final service game of the second set before clinching after a marathon second-set tiebreaker to reach her first clay-court semifinal on the WTA Tour.
Next up for Tagger is fellow Austrian Anastasia Potapova, who blew past Germany's Tamara Korpatsch for a 6-2, 6-1 victory in 91 minutes, converting seven of her 14 break-point opportunities.
No. 2 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia was also ousted from the tournament in the second round, thrashed by unseeded Czech competitor Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 6-3 in 60 minutes.
Croatia's Donna Vekic also advanced to the quarterfinals via walkover as Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina was forced to withdraw due to illness. She'll face Pliskova for a semifinal on the side of the bracket which has no seeded players left after Thursday's two upsets.
--Field Level Media
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