BUDAPEST – Ninth-seeded Anna Bondar posted a 6-4, 6-1 win over second-seeded Martina Trevisan of Italy to advance to the semi-finals of the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest.
Bondar, of Hungary, won 71.4 percent of her first serves and benefited from four double faults to defeat Trevisan, Reuters reported.
No. 3 seed Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan followed up a three-set win over Brazil’s Laura Pigossi on Thursday by toppling Lesia Tsurenko. Putintseva was leading 6-0, 2-0 before the Ukrainian retired due to injury.
Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia breezed to a 6-0, 6-1 win over Xiyu Wang of China in 63 minutes. Bernarda Pera had a tougher time of it before reaching her first semifinal since 2019, courtesy of a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
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Croatia’s Petra Martic reached her first tournament semifinal of the year with a 6-3, 7-6 (2) win over second-seeded Belinda Bencic in Switzerland.
Martic had eight aces and benefited from five double faults by the Switzerland native to win the match in 1 hour, 38 minutes.
Martic advances to face sixth-seeded Caroline Garcia of France, who recorded a 6-4, 6-1 win over fourth-seeded Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain.
Russian Anastasia Potapova secured a 6-4, 6-2 win over Jule Niemeier of Germany, and Serbia’s Olga Danilovic outlasted Simona Waltert of Switzerland, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5), in 2 hours, 42 minutes.
