Belinda Bencic topples Anna Kalinskaya 7-6(2) 6-4 in the 2nd round in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Thursday. Bencic is going to play against Veronika Kudermetova in the quarter. The match lasted just 0 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Anna Kalinskaya Libema Open – ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Bencic scored 82 points vs. the Russian’s 71.
Bencic
Belinda served very well to win 83% of the points (43/52) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 42% points (11/26) on her second serve. Bencic won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Kalinskaya
On the other side, Anna was not so effective in converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Bencic and Kalinskaya is 1-0 for Belinda.
Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Veronika Kudermetova – stats
Bencic will come up against Kudermetova in the quarter.
This will be the 8th time that Belinda Bencic and Veronika Kudermetova square off. The head to head is 4-3 for Bencic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Bencic won 6-2 4-6 7-65 in the 1st round in St. Petersburg back in February 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Belinda conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Swiss broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-2.
Tiebreak
The Swiss won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Bencic was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (2-4 40-A). On the other side, Anna converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 82 points. The Swiss conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Kalinskaya (43-39). Belinda conceded 14 points on serve (30-14). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (25-13).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Bencic conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
The Swiss converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Kalinskaya was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They contested 71 points. Bencic conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Anna (39-32). Bencic lost 10 points on serve (24-10). On the other side, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).
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- Shelby RogersRogers – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Ann LiLi (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (7-62 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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