Die-hard Bencic outlasts Sakkari in the semifinal. HIGHLIGHTS – BERLIN RESULTS

BETT1OPEN - BERLIN DRAW AND RESULTS. Bencic outlasts Sakkari to square off with Ons Jabeur in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Maria Sakkari

Belinda Bencic outlasts Maria Sakkari 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Berlin on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Bencic will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Ons Jabeur in the final. The match lasted just 0 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.

Bencic
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Bencic's Record

Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Maria Sakkari bett1open – Berlin

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bencic
Sakkari
Belinda Bencic
6-76 6-4 6-4
3h:07
Maria Sakkari
121
121
Total points
114
114
52
52
Winners
50
50
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
9
9
2
2
Double Faults
8
8
70%
70%
1st in
52%
52%
73%
73%
1st won
71%
71%
52/71
52/71
1st won
50/70
50/70
57%
57%
2nd won
50%
50%
17/30
17/30
2nd won
32/64
32/64
-- Break Points --
4/19
4/19
Total
2/8
2/8
21%
21%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Belinda scored 121 points vs. the Greek’s 114.

Bencic

Bencic won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 21% (4/19) of the procured opportunities.

Sakkari

On the other side, Maria was battling in converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Sakkari is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Ons Jabeur – stats

Bencic will fight against Jabeur in the final.

This will be the 4th time that Belinda Bencic and Ons Jabeur clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Jabeur won 6-2 3-6 6-2 in the 3rd round in Madrid back in May 2022.

Belinda Bencic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Bencic had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, the Greek succeeded in coming back to break Bencic in the 6th (3-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 6.

Tiebreak

Sakkari won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Swiss won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (3-5), 9th (4-5) and 12th (6-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Belinda conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

Belinda converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Maria was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Bencic won just 3 more points than the Greek (36-33). Bencic lost 9 points on serve (22-9). On the losing side, Sakkari conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).

Belinda clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The Swiss broke back in the 5th (3-2) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.

 

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