Paszek makes his way to the next semifinal

Last week, she reached the semi-finals for the third time this season in the same location. Tamera Paszek now followed the second ITF W35 hard court event in Nottingham and immediately registered her fourth semi-final appearance in 2024. The fourth seed from Vorarlberg (WTA 336) initially won the first main round with a score of 6:3, 6:4 against the wildcard British Sophie Drakeford-Lewis (WTA -), against whom she fought even harder in the first week with 6: 4, 6: 7 (3), 6: 2. Then the 33-year-old experienced player defeated Slovakian Katarina Stresnakova (WTA 560) 4:6, 7:5, 6:2 despite trailing 4:6, 0:2. In the quarterfinals she finally managed to hold off Kosovo qualifier Arlinda Rušeta (WTA 857) after 1:3 in the third set with 4: 6, 7:5 and 6:3. In the fight for a place in the final, Paszek challenges 21-year-old Lithuanian Claudia Poppeliti (WTA 684) in the second match after 11:30 am CET on Saturday. A return to the world's top 300 is getting closer and closer for the Dornbirn native thanks to her successful performances on the island. In the doubles competition, Paszek and American Madison Sage were eliminated after last week's success after winning at the start of the quarter-finals – by the narrowest margin of 2:6, 6:0, 9:11 over the third-placed player. Elena Teodora Kadar (Romania) and Diana Marcinkevica (Latvia), after wasting three match points in the match tie-break.