Score and updates from Transylvania Open

Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage of the Transylvania Open as Emma Raducanu takes on Oleksandra Oliynykova for a place in the final. The British No 1, still pursuing a second career final following her US Open triumph in 2021, has not dropped a set this week en route to the last four in Romania, the country of her father’s birth. 

Raducanu, who is the top seed at a tournament for the fifth time in her career, has come through in straight sets against Greet Minnen, Kaja Juvan and Maja Chwalinska. It has been a much-needed response from the 23-year-old following her disappointing exit in the second round of the Australian Open last month, which led to her parting ways with coach Francis Roig. 

Speaking after her 6-0, 6-4 victory in the previous round, Raducanu, delivering some of her on-court interview in Romanian, said: “I’m very happy with my performance. I played a great match from the beginning and I was pleased I could get off to that start. Of course, there’s always moments of adversity to overcome and I did that pretty well in the second set.”

But this afternoon’s match, which will be Raducanu’s first semi-final since reaching the last four at the Washington Open in July, may be the Briton’s toughest test yet, with Oliynykova claiming her first top-50 win against Chinese fourth seed Wang Xinyu to reach this stage. 

The world No 91 has this week earned the moniker “Bat Girl”, having taken her tattoos to another level by stencilling gothic-looking miniature bats on her face for the tournament, honouring Transylvania’s association with the creature.

At stake for the winner this afternoon is a showdown with either third seed and world No 36 Sorana Cirstea of Romania or Daria Snigur of Ukraine.