Tamara Korpatsch defeats Eva Lys 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Cluj on Saturday in what was an all-German affair. Korpatsch will play Elena Gabriela Ruse in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 1^st round in 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Highlights Tamara Korpatsch vs. Eva Lys Transylvania Open – Cluj-Napoca

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Tamara scored 68 points vs. Lys’s 50.

Korpatsch

Tamara served pretty well to win 76% of the points (22/29) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (13/26) on her second serve. Korpatsch was exceptional in converting all the break points (5/5).

Lys

On the other side, Eva was battling in converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Korpatsch and Lys is 1-0 for Tamara.

Draw and next match H2H: Tamara Korpatsch vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse – stats

Korpatsch will come up against Gabriela Ruse in the final.

This will be the 3^rd time that Tamara Korpatsch and Elena Gabriela Ruse clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Gabriela Ruse (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they played each other, Gabriela Ruse won 7-6⁵ 0-6 6-4 in the qualifications in Prague back in 2020.

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Live score progression and stats

Korpatsch had a racing start in this set after breaking Eva Lys in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for Tamara to win the set as Lys found the way to break back in the 6^th (3-3) game. Tamara kept her focus to break Eva in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Lys was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Korpatsch was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 0-40) and the 9^th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Eva converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 6^th (2-3 0-40), the 8^th (4-3 30-40) and the 10^th game (4-5 30-40).

They contested 69 points. Tamara won 5 more points than Lys (37-32). Tamara conceded 10 points on serve (18-10). On the other side, Lys conceded 19 points on serve (22-19).

Tamara won the set after she broke Lys 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. Eva tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (5-3) game. Yet, Tamara stayed solid to conquer the set 6-3.

There was an important spell in this set when Tamara won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set so as to change the score from 1-1 to 5-1.

Tamara was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40), the 5^th (3-1 0-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Eva converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 8^th game (2-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 49 points. Tamara was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Eva (31-18). Korpatsch dropped 10 points on serve (17-10). on the other side of the court, Eva conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).