DOHA RESULTS. Determined Bencic outlasts Kudermetova in the 2nd round

Belinda Bencic outlasts Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 4-6 7-6⁴ in the 2^nd round in Doha on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Bencic is going to play against Yulia Putintseva in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Swiss clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Bencic broke back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 10^th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

2^nd set.

Kudermetova had a strong start of this set after breaking Bencic in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Kudermetova to win the set because the Swiss succeeded in breaking back in the 8^th (4-4) game. Kudermetova kept her focus to break Bencic in the 9^th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).

3^rd set.

The Swiss won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Belinda broke back in the 8^th (4-4) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Belinda scored 121 points vs. Veronika’s 119 points.

Bencic won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 40% (4/10). On the other side, Veronika had a tough time converting her break points (only 27% – 4/15). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Bencic and Kudermetova is 2-3 for Veronika.

Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Veronika Kudermetova Qatar Total Open – Doha

Next Match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats

Bencic will come up against Putintseva in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Belinda Bencic and Yulia Putintseva square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Putintseva (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Putintseva won 6-3 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Miami back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in Doha

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (7-5 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elise MertensMertens (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Belinda BencicBencic – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 4-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (5-7 6-2 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Sofia KeninKenin (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Carla Suarez NavarroSuarez Navarro (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Bernarda PeraPera (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Jennifer BradyBrady (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-0) – See score progression
• Saisai ZhengZheng – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Kiki BertensBertens – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-0) – See H2H details
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (1-2) – See H2H details
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-0) – See H2H details
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Petra KvitovaKvitova (3-3) – See H2H details
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Belinda BencicBencic (3-1) – See H2H details
• Kiki BertensBertens – Saisai ZhengZheng (2-0) – See H2H details
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-2) – See H2H details