Hungarian Open: Baindl advances to semi-finals, beats third wild card in a row
Kateryna Baindl won against Fanny Stollar 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Saturday. She’ll play American Claire Liu in the next round
Kateryna Baindl in Budapest (Zuma/Panoramic)
Ukrainian Kateryna Baindl won against Hungarian wildcard Fanny Stollar 7-6 (5), 6-3 to reach the last four of the Hungarian Open at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Saturday.
Baindl, ranked No 100, will play American Claire Liu next.
Ahead of her victory, the Ukrainian defeated Hungarian wildcard Natalia Szabanin (6-4, 7-5) and Hungarian wildcard Amarissa Toth (6-3, 6-1).
Stollar, ranked No 441, beat Spanish qualifier Irene Burillo Escorihuela (7-5, 6-4) and edged out German Tatjana Maria, the No 5 seed (6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (6)) in the previous rounds of the Budapest tournament.
Budapest WTA 250, other last 8 results (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Claire Liu beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (8): 7-5, 6-4
- Nadia Podoroska (9) beat Elina Avanesyan (6): 6-1, 6-3
- Maria Timofeeva (LL) beat Kaja Juvan (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
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