Petra Martic upsets Belinda Bencic 6-3 7-6(2) in the quarter in Lausanne on Friday. Martic is going to play against Caroline Garcia in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes.
Highlights Petra Martic vs. Belinda Bencic Ladies Open Lausanne – Lausanne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:38
At the end of the match, Martic scored 72 points vs. Bencic’s 60.
Martic
Petra was effective when converting 60% of the break points that she procured (3/5).
Bencic
On the other side, Belinda was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Martic and Bencic is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Petra Martic vs. Caroline Garcia – stats
Martic will square off with Garcia in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Petra Martic and Caroline Garcia clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Garcia (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Garcia won 6-2 1-0 ret. in the quarter in Tianjin back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Martic snatched in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
They played 53 points. The Croatian won 5 more points than Bencic (29-24). The Croatian lost 9 points on serve (20-9). on the other side of the net, Bencic conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
Martic had a strong start of this set after breaking Belinda Bencic in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for the Croatian to win the set because Belinda succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Martic kept her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 2.
Petra failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.
Tiebreak
The Croatian won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Swiss won a minibreak in the 7th (1-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2
They played 77 points. Martic conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Bencic (41-36). The Croatian surrendered 16 points on serve (23-16). on the other side of the net, the Swiss conceded 18 points on serve (20-18).
Tennis Scores in Lausanne
- Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Simona WaltertWaltert (6-4 4-6 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 7-62) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Petra MarticMartic (3-0) – H2H details and stats
