SHENZHEN. Bencic conquers Kvitova in the Round Robin. Bertens next.

Belinda Bencic victorious over Petra Kvitova 6-3 1-6 6-4 in the Round Robin in Shenzhen on Tuesday. Bencic will play Kiki Bertens in the Round Robin.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Swiss won the set after she broke Petra in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. That break was sufficient for the Swiss to win the set as she didn’t drop her serve in the rest of the set.

The Czech was unable to find the solution in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).

2^nd set.

Kvitova had a favorable start in this set after breaking Bencic in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Petra managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Bencic in the 3^rd (3-0) and in the 7^th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

A crucial moment of the match was when Petra won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

3^rd set.

Belinda won the set after she broke Petra 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. Kvitova tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (3-3) game. Yet, Bencic refused to give way before winning the set 6-4.

Statistics

The Swiss won this match even if she won less points than Kvitova (73 vs. 77).

Belinda was effective in converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8). On the other side, Kvitova was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (5/10). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Kvitova is 2-4 for Petra.

Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Petra Kvitova WTA Finals – Shenzhen

Bencic’s Interview

After the match, Belinda commented

“Against Kvitova, you never have anything in your hands. You’re as well standing on the court and hoping she’ll miss sometimes. I think definitely she was dictating the game today. I don’t think we played our best tennis, for sure not. Maybe in the end, the couple last games I found my game, my rhythm, my groove somehow. I’m super proud of that.

“Somehow I didn’t even feel nervous. I had no pressure of not getting eliminated. I saw the script, like, what happens if this player wins…. I didn’t know before the matches. I just played. I knew if I don’t win this match I’m eliminated, but I didn’t think about it.”

Next Match: Belinda Bencic vs. Kiki Bertens – stats

Bencic will face Bertens in the Round Robin.

This will be the 4^th time that Belinda Bencic and Kiki Bertens square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Bertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they played, Bertens won 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Stuttgart back in April 2019.

Tennis Scores in Shenzhen

• Belinda BencicBencic – Petra KvitovaKvitova (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Kiki BertensBertens – Ashleigh BartyBarty (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (7-6¹² 6-4) – See score progression
• Simona HalepHalep – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (3-6 7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina SiniakovaKrejcikova/Katerina Siniakova – Gabriela Dabrowski/Yifan XuDabrowski/Yifan Xu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Petra KvitovaKvitova (7-6¹ 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Belinda BencicBencic (5-7 6-1 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Petra KvitovaKvitova (2-4) – See H2H details
• Kiki BertensBertens – Belinda BencicBencic (3-0) – See H2H details
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (0-1) – See H2H details
• Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-0) – See H2H details
• Simona HalepHalep – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (5-4) – See H2H details