Shnaider is striving to achieve the remarkable feat of winning a WTA title on all three surfaces – grass, hard, and clay – this year.
Prior to her victory today, the 20-year-old triumphed over Hungarian wildcard Fanny Stollar (6-3, 3-6, 6-4), qualifier Ekaterina Makarova (6-3, 6-3), and German lucky loser Ella Seidel (6-4, 6-2).
Lys, ranked No 129, defeated Argentinian Nadia Podoroska, the No 6 seed (6-3, 6-0), American Bernarda Pera (7-6 (6), 4-1 ret.), and Slovak Rebecca Sramkova (4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)) earlier in the week.
Budapest WTA 250, other semi-final (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 267,082):
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
