Belinda Bencic blitzes Garbine Muguruza 6-1 6-3 in the 3rd round in Toronto on Thursday after playing a terrific match to fight against Beatriz Haddad Maia in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 3 minutes. The Swiss won this tournament once in 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Bencic scored 56 points vs. the Spaniard’s 34.
Bencic
The Swiss served pretty well to win 84% of the points (27/32) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (9/18) on her second serve. The Swiss was stunning in converting all the break points (4/4).
Muguruza
On the other side, Garbine wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Muguruza is 2-1 for Belinda.
Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia – stats
Bencic will take on Haddad Maia in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Belinda Bencic and Beatriz Haddad Maia fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Bencic won 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Sydney back in January 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Bencic overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Garbine Muguruza in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Bencic managed to boost her lead after breaking Garbine in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
A crucial moment of this set was when Belinda won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Belinda was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 3rd game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, the Spaniard was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 41 points. Belinda was the winner of the set after clinching 15 points more than Garbine (28-13). The Swiss lost 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, Garbine conceded 10 points on serve (6-10).
The Swiss won the set after she broke Garbine in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Muguruza had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Belinda was perfect in converting all her break points in the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, the Spaniard was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 49 points. The Swiss conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Muguruza (28-21). The Swiss dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). Regarding the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).
Tennis Scores in Toronto
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- Belinda BencicBencic – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (7-5 4-6 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-4 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
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Upcoming matches
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