(Provided by Tennis World USA)
Nadia Podoroska, the last remaining seed at the Hungarian Grand Prix made her way out of the tournament in the semi-finals. On Saturday, lucky loser Maria Timofeeva upset the ninth-seeded Argentine, 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-3 after three hours and 11 minutes of play.Timofeeva won 56% of her first-serve points to Podoroska’s 57% and 48% of her second-serve points to her seeded rival’s 44%.
She saved eight of the 15 break points she faced while converting seven break points on Podoroska’s serve. The 19-year-old finished the match with just one more point than her opponent’s 114.This was the third match this week in which Timofeeva pushed the proceedings to the deciding set.
In the two previous occasions she played three-setters in the Hungarian capital, against Daria Saville and Kaja Juvan in the first round and quarter-final respectively, Timofeeva had come from a set down.
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