Hungarian Open: Russian Shnaider upsets top seed Pera to reach second round

Russian Diana Shnaider beat American Bernarda Pera, the top seed and defending champion, 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the last 16 of the Hungarian Open at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Tuesday.

Shnaider, ranked No 110, will play the winner of the match between Australian Daria Saville and Russian lucky loser Maria Timofeeva next.

What a win, and what a match point!

Diana Shnaider knocks out the top seed and defending champion Bernarda Pera 6-4, 7-5 in the opening round of the Hungarian Grand Prix.

A big win for the youngster as she is back on her favourite surface! pic.twitter.com/xsosjCqIzs

— WTARussians (@WTArussians) July 18, 2023

Budapest WTA 250, other round of 32 results (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 259,303)

• Tamara Korpatsch beat Valentini Grammatikopoulou (LL): 6-4, 6-4
• Anna Siskova (Q) beat Evgeniya Rodina: 6-3, 6-0
• Kateryna Baindl beat Natalia Szabanin (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Tatjana Maria (5) beat Carole Monnet: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Claire Liu beat Louisa Chirico (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Kaja Juvan (Q) beat Kristina Kucova: 7-5, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan (6) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (8) beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-2, 6-0
• Astra Sharma (Q) beat Kamilla Rakhimova (7): 6-3, 6-3
• Amarissa Toth vs. Shuai Zhang
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Storm Hunter
• Kateryna Volodko vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Timea Babos vs. Anna Bondar
• Fanny Stollar vs. Irene Burillo Escorihuela
• Daria Saville vs. Maria Timofeeva

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