Young tennis player Diana Shnaider (20 years old) continues to impress and wins her second title

The young Russian tennis player Diana Shnaider20 years old, won this Saturday his second title of 2024 and his young career in WTA circuit by winning the final of the 500 from Bad Homburg (Germany) to Croatian Donna Vekic by 6-3, 2-6 and 6-3.

Shaniderthat the executioner in the Spanish quarters Paula Badosa, He made his record debut at the beginning of February at the 250th tournament in Hua Hin (Thailand). And this Saturday, nearly six months later, he added the second.

He became the sixth player, and the youngest, to win more than one individual title on tour this year. And so he joined the Polish Iga Swiatek, world number 1 and circuit leader with five titles; Kazakh style Elena Rybakina and the latvian Jelena Jelena Ostapenkothree-time champion, and the American Danielle Collins and the British Katie Boulter, won twice.

Schneider, who entered the tournament ranked 47th in the world, the highest of her career, will rise to 30th from Monday after a week in which she defeated three-time Grand Slam champion German Angelique Kerber, the semi-finalist of Australian Open the ukrainian Dayana YastremskaPaula Badosa and the number 3 seed American Emma Navarro. Last year at this time it was in 98th place.

“It’s been an incredible week for me. I managed to play one of the best weeks of my life, so I hope to continue like this,” Shnaider said in statements released by the WTA.

In the final, both players hit more winners than unforced errors and 16 aces. Proficiency on break points was crucial: Shnaider converted four of his six and saved 10 of Vekic’s 13, allowing him to take the match despite having fewer points overall, reports WTA.