Aliaksandra Sasnovich upsets Anna Schmiedlova 6-3 3-6 7-5 in the semifinal in Budapest on Saturday. Sasnovich will face Diana Shnaider in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 46 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2017. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Highlights Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Anna Schmiedlova Hungarian Grand Prix – Budapest
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:46
At the end of the match, Sasnovich scored 113 points vs. Anna Karolina’s 109.
Sasnovich
Sasnovich won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 43% (10/23) of the procured opportunities.
Schmiedlova
On the other side, the Slovakian was battling in converting her break points (only 45% – 9/20). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Sasnovich and Schmiedlova is 7-1 for Aliaksandra.
Draw and next match H2H: Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Diana Shnaider – stats
Sasnovich will play Shnaider in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Diana Shnaider face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shnaider (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Shnaider won 6-1 6-2 in the qualifications in Doha back in February 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Sasnovich started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Anna Schmiedlova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Sasnovich to win the set because Schmiedlova managed to break back in the 6th (1-5) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Aliaksandra kept her cool to break Anna Karolina in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Belarussian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Belarussian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Aliaksandra converted 44% of her break points (4/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (4-0 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Anna Karolina converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (0-3 30-40), the 6th (0-5 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (2-5 40-A) and the 10th game (2-6 30-40).
They contested 87 points. The Belarussian was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Anna Karolina (46-41). The Belarussian dropped 22 points on serve (20-22). In addition, on the other side, the Slovakian conceded 26 points on serve (19-26).
Sasnovich overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Anna Schmiedlova in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Schmiedlova managed to stage a great comeback to break Sasnovich 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Anna Karolina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
Sasnovich was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Slovakian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Aliaksandra was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-2 40-A), the 5th (2-3 30-40) and the 10th game (2-6 15-40).
They played 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Anna Karolina won just 3 points more than Sasnovich (30-27). The Slovakian lost 16 points on serve (14-16). On the other side, the Belarussian conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
The Belarussian won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 6th (2-4) game, The Belarussian broke back 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.
Anna Karolina was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-5 to 7-5.
Sasnovich converted 27% of her break points (3/11). She had 11 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (2-4 30-40), the 9th (3-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Schmiedlova converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 78 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Aliaksandra won just 2 more points than the Slovakian (40-38). The Belarussian dropped 22 points on serve (24-22). on the other side of the net, Anna Karolina conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).
Tennis Scores in Budapest
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Eva LysLys (6-3 6-3)
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-3 3-6 7-5)
