Russian teenager Maria Timofeeva won the WTA 250 Hungarian Grand Prix tennis tournament in Budapest with a prize fund of 259,000 USD. In the final, the 19-year-old Russian prevailed in three sets with 2-1 (6:3, 3:6, 6:0) over the far more experienced Ukrainian Kateryna Baindl.
It took less than two hours for the new champion to win her first WTA tournament title. She was out of the main draw after losing to Anna Siskova in a tiebreak in the third set in the final round of qualifying. But then she got a chance to fill the main circuit and today she is celebrating her trophy.
She becomes the first lucky loser to win a WTA tournament in four years. Previously, the achievement was recorded against the name of Coco Goff, who was 15 years old at the tournament in Linz.
The WTA 250 Hungarian Grand Prix tennis tournament in Budapest is of the WTA 250 category and takes place on red courts. This year’s edition is its third, as the winners so far were Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) and Bernarda Pera (USA), who was the last year’s champion.
