Emma Raducanu shocks Belinda Bencic 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in New York on Wednesday. Raducanu will have to play Maria Sakkari in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes.
Raducanu added to her prize money $ 250,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 675,000 till now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Emma will add $ 575,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,250,000.
Highlights Emma Raducanu vs. Belinda Bencic U.S. Open – New York
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Raducanu’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Raducanu scored 61 points vs. Bencic’s 53.
Raducanu
The Brit was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (3/6).
Bencic
On the other side, Bencic was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Raducanu and Bencic is 1-0 for Emma.
Draw and next match H2H: Emma Raducanu vs. Maria Sakkari – stats
Raducanu will take on Sakkari in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Emma Raducanu and Maria Sakkari since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Sakkari commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Belinda Bencic in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Brit found the way to come back to break Belinda in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Bencic was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-3 to 6-3.
Raducanu conceded 9 points on serve (17-9). on the other side of the court, Belinda conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
The Brit won the set after she broke Bencic in the 5th (3-2) game. Belinda tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nevertheless, the Brit managed to stay calm and finish the job to win the set 6-4.
Raducanu converted 100% of her break points (2/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Belinda was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 63 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Raducanu won just 3 points more than Bencic (33-30). The Brit surrendered 12 points on serve (22-12). on the other side of the net, the Swiss conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
Tennis Scores at the
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 3-6 7-65) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-0) – H2H details and stats