WTA roundup: Anna Bondar serves way into Hamburg semis

Field Level Media|published: Fri 18th July, 16:12 2025

Jan 14, 2025; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Anna Bondar of Hungary gestures during her match against Yafan Wang of China in the first round of the women's singles at the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne Park. Mandatory Credit: Mike Frey-Imagn Images

Anna Bondar racked up 12 aces while outlasting top-seeded Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-7 (1), 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Friday to reach the semifinals of the MSC Hamburg Ladies Open.

The 28-year-old Hungarian committed just one double fault while Alexandrova had six against just one ace. It is the second career Top-20 win for Bondar, who will face Kaja Juvan of Slovenia in the semis.

Juvan advanced with a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 triumph over Spain's Leyre Romero Gormaz. No. 2 Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine was a 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-2 winner over Hungary's Dalma Galfi and will face recent French Open semifinalist Lois Boisson as the No. 5 seed cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova.

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No. 2 seed Jaqueline Cristian of Romania won 75 percent of her first-serve points (27 of 36) while posting a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Hungary's Panna Udvardy to reach the semifinals in Romania.

Two other Romanians also advanced as No. 7 Irina-Camelia Begu outlasted Czech Anna Siskova 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 and Sorana Cirstea sailed to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Maria Lourdes Carle of Argentina. Cristian and Begu will face off in one of the semis.

No. 6 Jil Teichmann rallied past Swiss counterpart Simona Waltert 5-7, 6-1, 7-5. Teichmann will meet Cirstea in the other semi.

--Field Level Media