By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday July 20, 2024
A banner yr 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 closing 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 gained titles in Hua Hin (onerous courtroom) and Unhealthy Homburg (grass) to this point in 2024. She is bidding to turn out to be the youngest participant to win WTA singles titles on all three surfaces in a single yr since Caroline Garcia in 2022.
