A fun (well, not for them) opening match that featured two high profile wild cards: former No. 2 Paula Badosa and rising Austrian star Lilli Tagger. It was terrific and featured some nerves in the second set from 18-year-old Tagger, a comeback from Badosa, and then a closeout.

Also on tap, Alexandra Eala took Austrian Julia Grabher – a rare match where she might well not be the crowd favorite.

That’ll be an adjustment for her, after getting SO much love from Filipino fans from Australia to the Middle East to the desert of California. But she got through, without too many issues.

(Charleston is on EDT; Bogotá is an hour behind)

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Upper Austria Ladies Linz 
Location: Linz, Austria
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates:  April 6 – 12, 2026
Prize Money: $1,206,446
Draws: S28 – D16

Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Final results

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Singles, first round

[Q] Tamara Korpatsch (GER) def [6] Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) 46 61 64 

Dayana Yastremska (UKR) def [7] Ann Li (USA) 75 46 63

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[5] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def [WC] Sinja Kraus (AUT) 63 63

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Alexandra Eala (PHI) def Julia Grabher (AUT) 64 63

Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def [Q] Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 64 64 

[WC] Lilli Tagger (AUT) def [WC] Paula Badosa (ESP) 64 76 (5)

[Q] Donna Vekic (CRO) def [Q] Katie Volynets (USA) 63 36 64

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Doubles, first round

[1] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) def Sloane Stephens / Katie Volynets (USA) 61 63

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Anna-Lena Friedsam / Tatjana Maria (GER) def Anastasia Detiuc (CZE) / Isabelle Haverlag (NED) 62 36 [10-7]

Maia Lumsden (GBR) / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) def Katarzyna Piter (POL) / Tang Qianhui (CHN) 62 76 (2)

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