Yulia Putintseva vs Aleksandra Krunic will take on each other on Saturday, July 16 in the semifinal of the 2022 WTA Budapest Grand Prix.
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As the defending winner in Budapest, Yulia Putintseva, seeded third, has done well to reach the last four. In the first round, she defeated Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-4, 6-1, and then defeated Laura Pigossi in three sets. She faced Lesia Tsurenko in the quarterfinals and benefited from the Ukrainian’s walkover; Tsurenko retired down 0-6 in the second set, claiming fitness issues. Putintseva is the current World No. 32, and her record this year is 20-12. She will try to add another championship to her total of five WTA finals and 12 ITF finals.
It is an advantage to Putintseva with 2-0; she last beat Krunic in the 2015 French Open in three sets. Aleksandra Krunic has excelled in the competition this week, and if she keeps up her current pace, she has every chance of winning the match. The majority of Krunic’s losses this year have come in the first several rounds. In fact, the 29-year-old had never advanced past round two in a competition until this point. She nonetheless succeeded in the doubles division by winning the Eastbourne International championship with Magda Linette.
Yulia Putintseva vs Aleksandra Krunic will take on each other on Saturday, July 16 in the semifinal of the 2022 WTA Budapest Grand Prix. The competition is scheduled to commence on July 11 and conclude on July 17 this year.
| Player | Seed |
| Barbora Krejcikova | 1 |
| Elena Rybakina | 2 |
| Martina Trevisan | 3 |
| Yulia Putinseva | 4 |
| Anhelina Kalinina | 5 |
| Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 6 |
| Zhang Shuai | 7 |
| Ajla Tomljanovic | 8 |
The 2022 Budapest Grand Prix will have five rounds of play, not including the qualifiers. There are the first round, round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final, and final. Here is the schedule for each stage of the WTA 250 competition.
| Competition stage | Dates |
| First round | July 10 and 11 |
| Round of 16 | July 12 and 13 |
| Quarter-final | July 14 and 15 |
| Semi-final | July 16 |
| Final | June 17 |
Here is a list of broadcasters covering the Budapest Grand Prix 2022
