In the women’s singles quarterfinals match on Friday, February 6, seventh-seeded Lilli Tagger of Austria stunned second-seeded Darja Semenistaja of Latvia to claim her spot in the semi-finals match of the L&T Mumbai Open 125K Series event. The 2025 French Open junior champion defeated the former champion by sets of 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, held at the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association. The Austrian will next face China’s Fangran Tian, who won her match against Japan’s Mei Yamaguchi by 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.
The Latvian was strong-headed at the start by taking control and winning the first set. Semenistaja’s groundstrokes and forehand threw down Tagger a bit, but the Austrian made a forehand to level the opening set at 3-3. But the Latvian broke her serve in the tenth game to win the set by 6-4. But entering the second set, Tagger finds her way to come back harder through serves and by firing down aces.
Soon enough, she gained control and rallied through with a Federer-esque backhand and went on to win the set by 6-4. Meanwhile, the third and final set saw the Austrian dominating Semenistaja through early strikes and maintaining strong momentum throughout the game until the end, sealing her place with a lead of 6-2 and advancing to the next step to secure her spot in the semi-finals.
Earlier in the day, last year runner-up Mananchaya Sawangkaew of Thailand secured a commanding victory over ninth seed Tatiana Prozorova of Russia by sets of 6-1, 6-4. In another women’s singles quarterfinals match, fifth seed Lanlana Tararudee of Thailand knocked out third seed Leolia Jeanjean of France to win by sets of 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
India’s campaign at the Mumbai Open came to an end on Thursday as they lost both of their women’s doubles quarterfinals matches. In one match, the pair of Rutuja Bhosale and her Thai partner Peangtarn Plipuech, while on the other, the duo of Ankita Raina and Shrivalli Bhamidipati, were knocked out of the tournament. Meanwhile, the pair of Nicole Fossa Huergo and Mananchaya Sawangkaew defeated the duo of Hiroko Kuwata and Park So-hyun in the semi-finals of the women’s doubles main draw match on Friday.
Mumbai Open 2026 Women’s Singles Quarterfinals Results
Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Thailand) vs. Tatiana Prozorova (Russia) [6-1, 6-4]
Lanlana Tararudee (Thailand) vs. Leolia Jeanjean (France) [4-6, 6-3, 6-2]
Lilli Tagger (Austria) vs. Darja Semenistaja (Latvia) [4-6, 6-4, 6-2]
Fangran Tian (China) vs. Mei Yamaguchi (Japan) [6-2, 2-6, 6-2]
