Overview
- Wild card Lilli Tagger defeated second seed Viktorija Golubic 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 after trailing 2-5 in the third set and saving three match points.
- Anna Blinkova advanced with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Dominika Salkova to make her first final since May 2023.
- Tagger, ranked No. 235, is the reigning junior French Open champion and the youngest finalist on the WTA Tour this season.
- This is Tagger’s first WTA main draw, a run that included her first Top 100 victory over Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
- Blinkova and Tagger have not played before and will meet in Sunday’s Jiujiang final.