Hungarian Open: Podoroska moves into semi-finals, faces lucky loser Timofeeva next

Argentinian Nadia Podoroska, the No 9 seed, advanced to the last four of the Hungarian Open by beating Russian Elina Avanesyan, the No 6 seed, 6-1, 6-3 at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Friday.

Podoroska, ranked No 80, will face Russian lucky loser Maria Timofeeva next.

The Argentinian won against Australian Storm Hunter (1-6, 6-1, 6-1) and qualifier Anna Siskova (6-3, 6-0) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Budapest tournament, Avanesyan, ranked No 69, defeated Slovak Rebecca Sramkova (2-6, 6-4, 6-3) and Hungarian Anna Bondar (6-3, 6-0).

Budapest WTA 250, other last eight results (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Fanny Stollar vs. Kateryna Baindl
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Claire Liu
• Maria Timofeeva beat Kaja Juvan (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-2