Shnaider One Win from Third Title of 2024 in Budapest

The Russian is surging up the rankings in 2024.

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday July 20, 2024

A banner 12 months for Russia’s Diana Shnaider continues on the ATP Tour. The 20-year-old will bid for her third WTA title – and third on three surfaces – on Sunday in Budapest, after defeating Eva Lys 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday.

Shnaider, ranked at a career-high No.28, will face Aliaksandra Sasnovich for the title.

Hat Trick 🎾🎾🎾

Diana Shnaider powers previous Lys 6-3, 6-3 for her third remaining of 2024 in Budapest!#WTABudapest pic.twitter.com/GaJkUCUE32

— wta (@WTA) July 20, 2024

134-ranked Sasnovich defeated Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 – she is bidding for her maiden WTA title.

Shnaider, a former NCAA standout at North Carolina State College, has received titles in Hua Hin (onerous court docket) and Unhealthy Homburg (grass) to date in 2024. She is bidding to change into the youngest participant to win WTA singles titles on all three surfaces in a single 12 months since Caroline Garcia in 2022. 

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