After 78 minutes of play, Kateryna Baindl defeated Amarissa Toth with a score of 6-3, 6-1 to easily advance to the quarterfinals. In nine attempts, Baindl broke five times with a 61 percent success rate against her opponent’s opening serve, eliminating a local wild card for the second round in a row (she defeated Natalia Szabanin in her opener).
If the Ukrainian manages to defeat Fanny Stollar, she will have a perfect record. In their second-round matchup the day before, Stollar defeated fifth seed Tatjana Maria by saving two match points and winning the match 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(6).
Amarissa Toth triumphantly lifted her fists at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Tuesday. The 20-year-old made the strange move that was captured on Tennis Twitter, celebrating as soon as Zhang Shuai completed shaking hands after the latter’s mid-match retirement in Budapest due to an apparent panic attack. This was Toth’s first WTA match victory in a formal match. On Thursday, the world No. 548 at the 250-level competition had no more reason to rejoice.
Soon after the win Baindl dedicated his win to Zhang with the following interview saying: “I hope she feels better and we’ll see her back soon. She is an unbelievable player, very respectful, and a great person. There is a lot to learn from her. We should all be respectful to each other”.
Kateryna Baindl spoke about Shuai Zhang after beating Kiara Toth:
“I just want to say I hope they can stay fair & that Shuai Zhang feels better & hopefully we’ll see her back soon. She’s an unbelievable player, very respectful, & a great person. There’s a lot to learn from her." pic.twitter.com/gMkJh4Iik8
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) July 20, 2023
Baindl in Budapest, ranking, and results in 2023
LLWLLWWLLW Now the world no.100, the Ukrainian has achieved a 8-12 record in 2023. The Ukrainian is currently playing in Budapest where she conquered the world no.345 Natalia Szabanin 6-4 7-5 and the world no.548 Amarissa Kiara Toth 6-3 6-1.
Kateryna Baindl will compete against the world no.441 Fanny Stollar in the quarter. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Baindl.
Amarissa Kiara Toth in 2023
Currently the world no.548, Amarissa played her last match on the 20th of July when she surrendered to world no.100 Kateryna Kozlova 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Budapest (draw).
At the moment, during this season the Hungarian has a compiled 12-11 match record.
Kateryna Baindl and Amarissa Kiara Toth faced off only once. Their record is 1-0 for Baindl. When they played, Kateryna Baindl won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Budapest (Hungarian Grand Prix) on the 20th of July 2023.
Shuai Zhang in 2023
Now the world no.45, Zhang played her last match on the 18th of July when she had to retire when playing against world no.548 Amarissa Kiara Toth in the 1st round and the scoreline was 6-5 .
Currently, during this year the Chinese has a 4-16 record.
