For the second year in a row Hungarian’s No.1 player Agnes Szavay won her home tournament of GDF SUEZ Grand Prix and in both the finals she defeated Swiss Patty Schnyder.

In last year’s final Szavay rallied from a set down to win 2-6 6-4 6-2, while this time she had a more straightforward victory, 6-2 6-4. The first set featured an eight deuce final game which lasted as much as the rest of the set and the second set was a closer battle.

The world No.49 Szavay has now won four Sony Ericsson WTA Tour titles: Palermo, Beijing, and Budapest twice. (source: Sony Ericsson WTA Tour)

World No.8 Samantha Stosur has won 21 of her last 24 matches, and her latest victory came against Patty Schnyder in the third round of the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open.

Schynder was a semifinalist at the Premier-level tournament last year and has more wins on clay than any other active player, but the eighth-seeded Stosur defeated the Swiss 7-6(3) 6-2 and is marching towards the Top 5 in the rankings (she is projected to reach a career-high of No.7 next week).

Here’s what Stosur says about her continued good results:

I've been playing well since Indian Wells. That all started on hardcourt and it has been running onto the clay courts, too [Miami, Charleston, Stuttgart]. It's just one of those things. You win a number of matches in a row then you grow in confidence, and it doesn't matter what surface you're on.

Awaiting Stosur in the quarterfinals is fourth seed Venus Williams, whom Stosur has never defeated in three attempts. Actually, Stosur hasn’t won a set against Williams. (source: Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, photo: sr_cranks)

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark scored her seventh straight victory by beating seed No.16 Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 6-2 7-5 in the third round of the Family Circle Cup.

Schyder, who was making her 14th consecutive appearance at the tournament in Charleston, lost to the 19-year-old Wozniacki last week as well, on the way to the Dane’s second MPS Group Championships title.

The world No.2 Wozniacki will meet Nadia Petrova in the quarterfinals. The sixth-seeded Petrova advanced after beating Aleksandra Wozniak 6-2 6-4.

Wozniacki improved to 3-1 against Schyder, while she is tied with her next opponent Petrova at 1-1. (photo: © Neal Trousdale)

Top seed Vera Zvonareva and second seed Patty Schnyder were upset in the opening round of the Istanbul Cup on Tuesday.

The Russian world No.7 was defeated by Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine 6-2 1-6 6-4, while the Swiss world No.19 fell to Rossana de los Rios 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3.

Zvonareva was playing for the first time since withdrawing from the third round of Wimbledon with a right ankle injury, and handed Koryttseva her first ever Top 10 win, and first ever Top 30 win as a matter of fact.

The highest seed left in the draw is third-seeded Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues who topped Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus 6-4 6-2. (photo: Stephane Martinache)

Fourth-seeded Hungarian Agnes Szavay beat Tour veteran and top seed Patty Schnyder 2-6 6-4 6-2 to win the GDF SUEZ Grand Prix in Budapest.

Szavay is now a three-time singles titlist, with her previous two titles coming in 2007. Schnyder, whose best recent result has been a semifinal showing at Madrid, hasn’t managed to win her 12th career title in her 25th Tour final.

World No.37 Szavay, who was once ranked 13th, is working her way back to the top. In addition to winning the Budapest title, this year Szavay scored Top 10 wins over Ana Ivanovic in Miami, Victoria Azarenka in Madrid and Venus Williams at Roland Garros. (photo: Ralf Reinecke)