Ruthless Diana Shnaider conquers the Hungarian Grand Prix. HIGHLIGHTS – BUDAPEST RESULTS

Diana Shnaider dispatches Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-4 6-4 in the final in Budapest on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes. This is the first time that Diana conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this event so far was reaching the 2^nd round. Here you can see when her history at this event.

Budapest

Shnaider's Record

Highlights Diana Shnaider vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich Hungarian Grand Prix – Budapest

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shnaider

Sasnovich

6-4 6-4
1h:35

71

71

Total points

61

61

19

19

Winners

22

22

27%

27%

Ratio Winners

36%

36%

-- Serve --

2

2

Aces

1

1

2

2

Double Faults

4

4

59%

59%

1st in

68%

68%

53%

53%

1st won

46%

46%

19/36

19/36

1st won

22/48

22/48

44%

44%

2nd won

35%

35%

11/25

11/25

2nd won

8/23

8/23

-- Break Points --

7/9

7/9

Total

5/8

5/8

78%

78%

Won

63%

63%

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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 71 points vs. the Belarussian’s 61.

Shnaider

Diana was pretty focused in converting 78% of the break points that she conquered (7/9).

Sasnovich

On the other side, Sasnovich didn’t lose the concentration in converting 63% of the break points that she conquered points (5/8). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Shnaider and Sasnovich is 2-0 for Diana.

This was the 3^rd career title for Shnaider. She won the previous title in Bad Homburg. (see list of titles and finals). This was Sasnovich’s 4^th final after she lost in Seoul 2015, in Brisbane 2018, in Melbourne 2022 and in Cleveland 2022. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

Shnaider was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Shnaider was not done to come back to break Sasnovich 4 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (4-2) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Diana failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.

Diana converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 30-40), the 4^th (2-1 30-40), the 6^th (3-2 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Sasnovich was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 5^th (1-3 15-40) and the 8^th game (3-5 0-40).

They played 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Russian won just 3 more points than the Belarussian (38-35). The Russian dropped 18 points on serve (15-18). Regarding the other side of the net, Aliaksandra conceded 23 points on serve (17-23).

Shnaider had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 2^nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for Diana to win the set as Sasnovich managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 7^th (4-3) game. The Russian kept her focus to break the Belarussian in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 10^th (6-4) game.

Diana was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 0-40), the 8^th (3-4 15-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Sasnovich converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 3^rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7^th game (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 59 points. Diana was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Aliaksandra (33-26). The Russian lost 13 points on serve (15-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).