Bencic gets by Cirstea in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Bencic topples Cirstea to play Karolina Pliskova in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Sorana Cirstea

Belinda Bencic conquers Sorana Cirstea 3-6 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. Bencic will clash against Karolina Pliskova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Bencic
New York
Bencic's Record

The Swiss added to her prize money $ 67,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 188,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Swiss will add $ 90,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 278,000 in total.

Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Sorana Cirstea U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bencic
Cirstea
Belinda Bencic
3-6 7-5 6-2
2h:27
Sorana Cirstea
102
102
Total points
96
96
37
37
Winners
51
51
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
53%
53%
28
28
Unforced
34
34
45%
45%
Ratio Unforced
55%
55%
11/21
11/21
Net Approaches
8/14
8/14
52%
52%
Perc
57%
57%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
10
10
64%
64%
1st in
61%
61%
74%
74%
1st won
70%
70%
37/50
37/50
1st won
51/73
51/73
46%
46%
2nd won
36%
36%
13/28
13/28
2nd won
17/47
17/47
178
178
Fastest serve
172
172
162
162
AVG 1st Serve
159
159
136
136
AVG 2nd Serve
129
129
-- Break Points --
5/18
5/18
Total
3/4
3/4
28%
28%
Won
75%
75%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Belinda scored 102 points vs. Sorana’s 96.

Bencic

Belinda won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 28% (5/18) of the procured opportunities.

Cirstea

On the other side, the Romanian was effective at converting 75% of the break points that she procured points (3/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Cirstea is 1-2 for Sorana.

Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Karolina Pliskova – stats

Bencic will face Pliskova in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Belinda Bencic and Karolina Pliskova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Bencic won 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in Indian Wells back in 2019.

Belinda Bencic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Cirstea won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Sorana broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.

Belinda had to surrender the 4th game (2-2) when she was comfortably leading 40-0.

The Romanian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Bencic was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (1-1 40-A).

They contested 54 points. The Romanian was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the Swiss (32-22). The Romanian surrendered 8 points on serve (19-8). On the other side, Bencic conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).

2nd Set -
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Bencic won 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 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.

The Romanian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-5 to 7-5.

Bencic converted 10% of her break points (1/10). She had 10 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 10th (4-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, the Romanian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-2 0-40).

They played 79 points. Belinda was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Sorana (42-37). Bencic surrendered 10 points on serve (20-10). On the losing side, Cirstea conceded 22 points on serve (27-22).

3rd Set -
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The Swiss in this set was much more effective than Sorana and finally she won 6-2 after breaking the Romanian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Belinda converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Swiss didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 65 points. Belinda was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Sorana (38-27). Bencic lost 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, Cirstea conceded 22 points on serve (22-22).

 

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