Belinda Bencic conquers Zakharova in the 2nd round at the China Open – BEIJING RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING DRAW AND RESULTS. Bencic conquers Zakharova

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Belinda Bencic beats Anastasia Zakharova 6-1 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Beijing on Saturday. Bencic will face Ann Li in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the 4th round in 2025. Here you can see her history at this event.

Bencic
Beijing
Bencic's Record

The Swiss added to her prize money $ 11,775 after winning this match. She has already won $ 36,110 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Swiss will add $ 25,755 to her earnings to get in total $ 61,865 in total.

Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Anastasia Zakharova China Open – Beijing

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bencic
Zakharova
Belinda Bencic
6-1 7-63
1h:42
Anastasia Zakharova
81
81
Total points
63
63
22
22
Winners
31
31
27%
27%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
6
6
62%
62%
1st in
67%
67%
67%
67%
1st won
51%
51%
22/33
22/33
1st won
31/61
31/61
65%
65%
2nd won
47%
47%
13/20
13/20
2nd won
14/30
14/30
-- Break Points --
5/17
5/17
Total
2/2
2/2
29%
29%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Bencic scored 81 points vs. the Russian’s 63.

Bencic

Belinda won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 29% (5/17) of the procured opportunities.

Zakharova

On the other side, the Russian was exceptional in converting all her break points (2/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Zakharova is 1-0 for Belinda.

Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Ann Li – stats

Bencic will fight against Li in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Belinda Bencic and Ann Li play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Li (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Li won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in New York back in 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Bencic 6-1
BencicZakharova
6
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
BencicZakharova
5
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BencicZakharova
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
BencicZakharova
4
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
BencicZakharova
3
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
BencicZakharova
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
BencicZakharova
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

Bencic was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Anastasia Zakharova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Bencic improved her lead after breaking Zakharova in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

The Swiss missed the chance to break Zakharova in the 5th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Bencic won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Belinda converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 2nd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (4-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Bencic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 50 points. Belinda won 12 more points than Anastasia (31-19). Bencic was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). On the other side, Zakharova conceded 19 points on serve (15-19).

2nd Set -
Bencic 7-6
BencicZakharova
7
6
B
1
0
Z
2
0
Z
3
0
B
3
1
B
4
1
Z
5
1
Z
5
2
B
6
2
B
6
3
Z
7
3
BencicZakharova
6
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
BencicZakharova
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
BencicZakharova
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BencicZakharova
4
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
BencicZakharova
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
BencicZakharova
3
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BencicZakharova
2
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
BencicZakharova
2
3
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
BencicZakharova
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
BencicZakharova
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
BencicZakharova
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
BencicZakharova
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

The Swiss won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game, Belinda broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-3.

Tiebreak

Bencic won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (5-1) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Zakharova won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3) and 9th (3-6) point.

Bencic won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3

Bencic converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Zakharova was spot on in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 8th game (4-4 30-40).

They contested 92 points. Belinda was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Anastasia (48-44). Belinda lost 15 points on serve (23-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Anastasia conceded 25 points on serve (29-25).

1st
Bencic
Zakharova
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Bencic
Zakharova
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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