Top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia advanced to the final of the Hungarian Grand Prix with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Germany’s Eva Lys on Saturday in Budapest.

Shnaider, 20, saved all three break points she faced and benefited from four double faults by her foe to dispatch Lys in 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Shnaider will bid for her third title of the year on Sunday when she faces unseeded Belarus native Aliaksandra Sasnovich, who rallied to a 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 win over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia.

Sasnovich overcame 17 double faults and bounced back from a 5-2 deficit in the third set to jolt Schmiedlova in 2 hours and 46 minutes.

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Top-seeded Qinwen Zheng of China recorded a 7-5, 6-4 semifinal victory over fourth-seeded Diane Parry of France to reach the final in Italy.

Zheng will face second-seeded Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic in the championship match. Zheng is the defending champ.

Zheng saved 3 of 4 break points and won 84.8 percent (28 of 33) of her first-serve points. Parry saved 2 of 5 break points and won 69.4 percent (25 of 36) of her first-serve points.

Muchova defeated Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu 6-1, 6-1 in her semifinal match. Muchova had a 4-0 edge in aces over Begu, the 2022 champ.

–Field Level Media