Belinda Bencic downs Cori Gauff 7-6(2) 6-7(4) 6-2 in the semifinal in Adelaide on Friday. Bencic is going to play against Iga Swiatek in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes.

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Bencic was happy about the outcome of the contest. She commented:

“I’m very proud of myself that I handled this match after all the ups and downs,” said Bencic talking about the roller coaster. “It’s always a mix of relief and joy.”

Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Cori Gauff Adelaide International – Adelaide

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bencic
Gauff
7-62 6-74 6-2
2h:45
124
124
Total points
107
107
51
51
Winners
40
40
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
7
7
10
10
Double Faults
12
12
63%
63%
1st in
57%
57%
73%
73%
1st won
59%
59%
51/70
51/70
1st won
40/68
40/68
48%
48%
2nd won
51%
51%
20/42
20/42
2nd won
26/51
26/51
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
Total
3/8
3/8
38%
38%
Won
38%
38%
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At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 225 points vs. Gauff’s 199.

Bencic

Bencic won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 36% (9/25) of the procured opportunities.

Gauff

On the other side, Gauff was struggling when converting her break points (only 40% – 6/15). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Iga Swiatek – stats

Bencic will take on Swiatek in the final.

There is no head to head record between Belinda Bencic and Iga Swiatek since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

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Swiatek had a great start in this set after breaking Bencic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the Swiss found the way to come back to break Cori in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 2.

Tiebreak

The Swiss won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point.

Bencic won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

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

The Swiss converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (2-4 30-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Cori was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40).

They played 87 points. Bencic won 5 points more than Cori (46-41). Bencic surrendered 13 points on serve (27-13). On the losing side, the American conceded 19 points on serve (28-19).

Bencic commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Swiatek in the 2nd

game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the American succeeded in coming back to break Bencic in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

Gauff won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Swiss won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4) and 10th (4-6) point.

The American won the tiebreak 7-4 after she conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

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

Cori converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Swiss converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 95 points. It’s worth to point out that, The American won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Bencic (47-48). The American dropped 22 points on serve (27-22). In addition, on the other side, the Swiss conceded 20 points on serve (26-20).

Bencic took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Swiatek in the 1st game (1-0). Bencic extended her lead after breaking the American in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

Belinda was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Cori wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-1 40-A).

They contested 49 points. Bencic won 11 more points than Cori (30-19). Bencic surrendered 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the net, Cori conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).

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