
Belinda Bencic survives Paula Badosa Gibert 2-6 7-6(2) 6-4 in the quarter in Charleston on Friday after winning a huge battle. Bencic is going to play against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 47 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Paula Badosa Gibert Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 110 points vs. Paula’s 106.
Bencic
Bencic won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Badosa
On the other side, Paula had a tough time converting her break points (only 29% – 4/14). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Badosa is 1-3 for Paula.
Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats
Bencic will face Alexandrova in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Belinda Bencic and Ekaterina Alexandrova face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Bencic and Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Bencic won 6-4 4-6 7-64 in the quarter in Berlin back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Badosa in this set was more solid than the Swiss and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking Bencic in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Paula wasted a good opportunity to break Belinda in the 1st game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Badosa was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, Paula didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. Paula was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Belinda (31-20). Paula dropped 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the net, Bencic conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
Bencic clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Bencic broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-2.
Tiebreak
Belinda won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Spaniard won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2) and 6th (2-4) point.
Bencic won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
The Swiss conceded 19 points on serve (30-19). on the other side of the court, Badosa conceded 23 points on serve (26-23).
Bencic was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Paula Badosa Gibert in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the Swiss succeeded in coming back to break Badosa in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
The Swiss conceded 9 points on serve (25-9). on the other side of the court, Badosa conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).
Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Magda LinetteLinette (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (2-6 7-62 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Coco VandewegheVandeweghe (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Belinda BencicBencic (2-2) – H2H details and stats





