TENNIS SCORES. Belinda Bencic bests Cornet in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Bencic hustles Cornet to play Anett Kontaveit in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Alize Cornet

Belinda Bencic bests Alize Cornet 6-4 1-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. Bencic is going to play against Anett Kontaveit in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Belinda conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

2nd set.

Cornet was too strong to concede just 1 game before breaking Bencic 2 times and win the set 6-1.

The Swiss was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

3rd set.

Bencic in this set stepped up in great fashion to overplay the French Player and consequentely she won 6-2 after breaking Cornet in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Statistics

After this contest, the head to head between Bencic and Cornet is 2-1 for Belinda.

Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Alize Cornet U.S. Open – New York

Next Match: Belinda Bencic vs. Anett Kontaveit – stats

Bencic will take on Kontaveit in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Belinda Bencic and Anett Kontaveit since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.

The last time that they locked horns, Bencic won 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the 3rd round in Wimbledon (juniors) back in 2013.

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