WTA roundup: Diana Shnaider advances to final of Hungarian Grand Prix

Top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia won her third title on a third different surface this year in defeating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday in Budapest.

Shnaider needed 95 minutes to beat Sasnovich of Belarus on the clay court. Shnaider, 20, captured her first tour title in February on the hard courts of Hua Hin, Thailand, and she won again on the grass of Bad Homburg, Germany, in June.

She became the first woman to win titles on every surface in the same year since Caroline Garcia in 2022. and the youngest player to do so since Caroline Wozniacki, then 19, in 2009.

Shnaider has risen in the world rankings in 12 months from No. 110 to a career-high No. 28, and she is projected to go higher after Sunday's crown.

Palermo Ladies Open

No. 1 seed Qinwen Zheng of China outlasted No. 2 seed Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in two hours and 49 minutes to successfully defend her title in Italy.

Although Muchova saved 12 of 19 break points, she had to deal with Zheng's six aces. Zheng ran out to a 3-0 lead in the third set, saw Muchova win a pair of games, then drew away by taking the final three.

Zheng won her first WTA title of the year and the third of her career.

Prague Open

Germany's Ella Seidel upset seventh-seeded Nadia Podoroska of Argentina 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 in the first round in the Czech Republic.

Seidel saved 5 of 10 break-point opportunities while converting 7 of 18. Podoroska had more aces (4-2) but also more double faults (8-2).

Third-seeded Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine worked just over three hours to outlast the host country's Sara Bejlek 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-2. Fifth-seeded Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria was a 7-6 (3), 6-3 winner over Renata Jamrichova of the Slovak Republic.

Other winners were Spain's Rebeka Masarova and France's Elsa Jacquemot.

UniCredit Iasi Open

No. 1 seed Mirra Andreeva of Russia opened the first round in Romania with a dominant 6-1, 6-2 win over Germany's Noma Noha Akugue.

Andreeva, 17, won 23 of her 29 first-service points (79.3 percent) and got the job done in a mere 66 minutes.

Romania's Miriam Bulgaru pleased the home-crowd fans by upsetting No. 2 seed Tatjana Maria 6-4, 6-2, while Serbia's Olga Danilovic outlasted No. 4 seed Anna Blinkova of Russia 6-2, 5-7, 6-1. Spaniard Marina Bassols Ribera and Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse also advanced to the second round.

--Field Level Media