The players Mirra Andreeva, the main favorite and Elina Avanesyan, the 5th favorite, will play on Friday, July 26, not before 17.00, the grand final of the WTA 250 UniCredit Iași Open tournament, a competition with total prizes of 232,244 euros and 250 WTA points .
Mirra Andreeva, 17, ATP No. 31, qualified for the final after a spectacular comeback in the semi-final against Serbia's Olga Danilovic, 23, world No. 150, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1). also saving two match points in the decider. Mirra lost the first set 6-3, won the second with the same score, and in the decider showed an iron mental strength, coming back from 2-5 to prevail 7-1 in the tie-break, after which canceled two match balls of the opponent.
Elina Avanesyan won two matches in a span of seven hours
Andreeva will play in the grand final on Friday with the 5th favorite Elina Avanesyan, 21 years old, 75th WTA, who passed in the semifinals Chloe Paquet, from France, 30 years old, world number 115, score 6-2, 6 -3.
Avanesyan won her semi-final with Paquet just hours after defeating No. 3 seed Jaqueline Cristian 7-5, 6-4 in the quarters.
Mirra Andreeva and Elina Avanesyan are in their first final on the WTA circuit. The two finalists will each receive 163 WTA points and 18,110 euros, while semi-finalists Olga Danilovic and Chloe Paquet remain with 98 WTA points and 10,100 euros each.
Jaqueline Cristian stopped in the quarters at the UniCredit Iași Open
Jaqueline Cristian, the 3rd favorite of the Iasi tournament, stopped in the quarterfinals, being defeated by Elina Avanesyan, the 5th favorite, score 7-5, 6-4.
Kicked off on Wednesday night, the match was stopped after 14 minutes due to rain and resumed on Thursday morning with Avanesyan leading 2-0 in the first act.
Avanesyan started better on Thursday as well, trailing at 4-1, serving for 5-1, but Jaqueline, wildly supported by the crowd, managed to come back and level at five. Avanesyan eventually got the break and closed out the set 7-5.
The second set started with a break by Elina, Jaqueline came back and equalized, but at 1-2 she lost her serve again.
Avanesyan went two games ahead to 5-3 as the longest and most dramatic game of the tournament played out. Jaqueline canceled five of her opponent's match points, then saved the fifth game point to close at 4-5. But the last game of the set and the match followed, Avanesyan managing to close out the match with the sixth ball he benefited from, 7-5, 6-4.
Jaqueline thus remains with the two consecutive quarters, in Palermo and Iasi, and in a few days she will debut at the Olympic Games in Paris, where she will meet Elena Rîbakina, from Kazakhstan, world number 4 and favorite 3 at the Olympic tournament.
Irina Bara and Anca Todoni, eliminated in the doubles semifinals
Also on Thursday, the semifinals of the doubles event were also contested. The Irina Bara / Anca Todoni double was eliminated in the penultimate act by the 2 favorite pair of Alexandra Panova and Yana Sizikova, 4-6, 4-6. Panova and Sizikova will play in the doubles final with main favorites Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) and Irina Khromacheva.
The doubles finalists receive 163 WTA points and €6,270, while the semi-finalists remain with 98 WTA points and €3,600.
The doubles final will start at 14.30, and the singles not before 17.00.
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The results recorded on Thursday, July 25:
Quarter finals
[5] Elina Avanesyan - [3] Jaqueline Cristian (Romania) 7-5, 6-4
Semifinals
[1] Mirra Andreeva - Olga Danilovic (Serbia) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1)
[5] Elina Avanesyan – Chloe Paquet (France) 6-2, 6-3
Doubles - Semifinals
[2] Alexandra Panova / Yana Sizikova - Irina Bara (Romania) / Anca Todoni (Romania) 6-4, 6-4
[1] Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) / Irina Khromacheva - [4] Angelica Moratelli (Italy) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 6-2, 6-4
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Finals schedule - Friday, July 26:
Central Ground
Doubles final – 2.30 p.m
[1] Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) / Irina Khromacheva vs [2] Alexandra Panova / Yana Sizikova

Singles final – Not before 17.00
[1] Mirra Andreeva vs. [5] Elina Avanesyan