Viktorija Golubic shocks Belinda Bencic 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Eastbourne on Wednesday in what was an all-Swiss match. Golubic will play against Anett Kontaveit in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Viktorija scored 69 points vs. Bencic’s 62.
Golubic
Viktorija was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that she conquered (3/4).
Bencic
On the other side, Belinda was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Golubic and Bencic is 1-2 for Belinda.
Draw and next match H2H: Viktorija Golubic vs. Anett Kontaveit – stats
Golubic will take on Kontaveit in the quarter.
This will be the 6th time that Viktorija Golubic and Anett Kontaveit face off. The head to head is 5-0 for Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they played, Kontaveit won 6-74 7-65 6-0 in the 1st round in Paris back in June 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Viktorija clinched in the 5th game (3-2) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Viktorija converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 40-A 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 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th
game (2-3 30-40).They played 67 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Viktorija won only 1 point more than Bencic (34-33). Golubic dropped 12 points on serve (23-12). On the losing side, Bencic conceded 11 points on serve (21-11).
Golubic won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Golubic broke back in the 5th
(2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game to win the set 6-4.An important stage of this set was when Golubic won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the scoreline from 1-3 to 5-3.
They played 64 points. Golubic was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Bencic (36-28). Golubic lost 12 points on serve (21-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Bencic conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (4-6 6-0 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Belinda BencicBencic (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Shelby RogersRogers (6-3 4-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Alison RiskeRiske (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Ons JabeurJabeur (5-7 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Cori GauffGauff (4-6 7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-4 7-63) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H details and stats