Iga Swiatek motors past Belinda Bencic 6-2 6-2 in the final in Adelaide on Saturday after playing a tremendous match to win her 2nd career title, the 1st of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 6 minutes.
Iga Swiatek and her consistency
Iga was elated with the result and she stressed the importance of being consistent
“It was my goal from the beginning of the season, I want to be [a] more consistent player, just play good week by week,” Swiatek said. “I know it’s impossible sometimes. You’re just going to get tired at some point.
“But I felt pretty good from the beginning of the tournament. It’s really important for me. Just I feel that it’s going to be easier year by year because I’m going to be, like, more grown-up, I’m going to be able to physically and mentally handle tournaments every week.”
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Belinda Bencic Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:06
At the end of the match, the Pole scored 59 points vs. Bencic’s 34.
Swiatek
Swiatek served very well to win 91% of the points (20/22) behind her first serve, and she won 75% points (12/16) on her second serve. Swiatek was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6).
Bencic
On the other side, the Swiss wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, Iga was just to good and Belinda had no opportunity to win this match.
After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Bencic is 1-0 for Iga.
This was the 2nd career title for Swiatek. Bencic remains with 4th titles after she conquered the tournament in Eastbourne 2015, in Toronto 2015, in Dubai 2019 and in Moscow 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Iga in this set was in much better shape than Bencic and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking the Swiss in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Swiss couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Pole converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Iga didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. Swiatek was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Bencic (32-21). Iga was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Bencic conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).
Swiatek in this set was more solid than the Swiss and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Belinda in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
They contested 40 points. Swiatek won 16 more points than Belinda (28-12). The Pole was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). on the other side of the net, Bencic conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
