Belinda Bencic victorious over Storm Sanders 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Adelaide on Thursday. Bencic will face Cori Gauff in the semifinal.
Bencic was glad about the outcome of the match. She commented:
“All the credit to Storm, she played amazing. I knew she was going to be an uncomfortable opponent (being) a lefty. I had a hard time getting used to her, how she plays because I’ve never played her before and she’s still kind of unknown.
So I’m sure we’re going to hear a lot (about her in the future), and it was a great tournament for her.”
Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Storm Sanders Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Sanders is 1-0 for Belinda.
Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Bencic will take on Gauff in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Belinda Bencic and Cori Gauff since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Swiss in this set played a much better tennis than Sanders and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Sanders in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Sanders was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Bencic converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Sanders was unable to convert any of her 7 break points. She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 71 points. Belinda was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Storm (40-31). Belinda conceded 12 points on serve (22-12). on the other side of the court, Storm conceded 18 points on serve (19-18).
Bencic conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Gauff in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Belinda to win the set since Storm succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (3-3) game. Belinda kept her cool to break Storm in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
Belinda converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Storm converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 6th (2-3 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They contested 63 points. Belinda was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Sanders (36-27). Bencic dropped 11 points on serve (21-11). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Belinda BencicBencic – Storm SandersSanders (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-4 6-78 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (6-2 3-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Shelby RogersRogers (2-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Belinda BencicBencic (0-0) – H2H details and stats