Paula Badosa Gibert stuns Belinda Bencic 6-2 6-7(2) 6-1 in the 2nd round in Charleston on Wednesday. Badosa will fight against Caty McNally in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes.
The Spaniard added to her prize money $ 2,380 after winning this match. She has won already $ 6,480 after this win. If she wins the next match, Paula will add $ 6,190 to her earnings to get in total $ 12,670 in total.
Highlights Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Belinda Bencic Volvo Car Open – Charleston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Paula scored 103 points vs. Bencic’s 85.
Badosa
Paula served very well to win 79% of the points (48/61) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 32% points (11/34) on her second serve. Paula fired 10 aces and she committed 11 double faults. The Spaniard didn’t lose the concentration in converting 54% of the break points that she procured (7/13).
Bencic
On the other side, the Swiss was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 21% – 3/14). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Badosa and Bencic is 1-0 for Paula.
Draw and next match H2H: Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Caty McNally – stats
Badosa will square off with McNally in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Paula Badosa Gibert and Caty McNally since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Badosa had a racing start in this set after breaking McNally in the 1st game (1-0). The Spaniard reinforced her lead after breaking Bencic in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
They played 53 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than Bencic (34-19). The Spaniard was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (18-4). on the other side of the net, the Swiss conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).
McNally started the set in the best possible way after breaking Badosa in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more to do for the Swiss to win the set as Paula found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Bencic maintained her cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 2.
The Swiss failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 30.
However also the Spaniard won 5 consecutive games from 0-3 to 5-3
Tiebreak
Belinda won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 8th (6-2) point. On the other side, Badosa won a minibreak in the 4th (1-3) point.
Belinda won the tiebreak 6-2 after she conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2
They contested 83 points. The Swiss was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the Spaniard (44-39). Belinda surrendered 18 points on serve (23-18). On the losing side, the Spaniard conceded 21 points on serve (21-21).
Badosa came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking McNally in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Badosa improved her lead after breaking the Swiss in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Spaniard won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Badosa converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Bencic was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 48 points. Badosa won 6 points more than the Swiss (27-21). Paula dropped 12 points on serve (18-12). on the other side of the court, Bencic conceded 9 points on serve (9-9).
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