Belinda Bencic gets the better of Kristina Mladenovic 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Moscow on Saturday. Bencic is going to play against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Bencic had a great start in this set after breaking Mladenovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, there was more to do for Bencic to win the set as the French Player succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. Belinda maintained her focus to break Mladenovic in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).
2nd set.
The Swiss won the set after she broke Mladenovic in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Kristina tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. However, Belinda kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-4.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Bencic scored 73 points vs. Kristina’s 57 points.
Bencic served extremely well to win 82% of the points (31/38) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 36% points (8/22) on her second serve. Bencic won this match even if she was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 29% (4/14). On the other side, Mladenovic wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 40% of her break points (2/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Bencic and Mladenovic is 2-3 for Kristina.
Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Kristina Mladenovic Kremlin Cup – Moscow
Next Match: Belinda Bencic vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – stats
Bencic will square off with Pavlyuchenkova in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Belinda Bencic and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Bencic won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in London back in July 2019.
Tennis Scores in Moscow
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-4 6-76 6-1) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Kirsten Flipkens/Bethanie Mattek-SandsFlipkens/Bethanie Mattek-Sands – Timea Babos/Kristina MladenovicBabos/Kristina Mladenovic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Belinda BencicBencic (1-3) – See H2H details