Nice to see Agnes Szavay regaining the form some thought she'd never get back. The Hungarian made the finals of her home tournament in Budapest by trouncing Alona Bondarenko 6-1, 6-2 in front of an extremely partisan Magyar crowd. Combined with Wozniacki playing to near full crowd support in Sweden, there was an almost Davis Cup like atmosphere at the WTA events Saturday as well. Szavay made herself known as a force to be reckoned with during the late part of 2007, coming within an injury of winning New Haven, making the quarterfinals of her first US Open, and winning a Tier II title in Beijing with a memorable comeback win over Jelena Jankovic.
She had a horrendous 2008 and early 2009, that saw her ranking fall from a career high of #13 down to #38. A win over the also-struggling Ana Ivanovic at Miami saw her regain some confidence, and led to other solid wins over Flavia Pennetta, Victoria Azarenka, and a major upset of Venus Williams at the French Open that included the 20-year old serving the seven-time slam champion a bagel set.
Szavay is set to face veteran Patty Schnyder in the final tomorrow. I like her chances in that match up a lot, and expect the Hungarian fans to rattle the easily perturbed Schnyder. Should be a good chance this weekend for women's tennis spectators to get in on the Davis Cup spirit tomorrow, and cheer their homegrown Hungarian #1 onto victory.
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