Belinda Bencic overcomes Shelby Rogers 7-6(5) 6-2 in the quarter in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Bencic will square off with Beatriz Haddad Maia in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Shelby Rogers Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Belinda scored 70 points vs. the American’s 62.
Bencic
Belinda served very well to win 78% of the points (42/54) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 45% points (10/22) on her second serve. The Swiss was exceptional in converting all the break points (2/2).
Rogers
On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Rogers is 5-1 for Belinda.
Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia – stats
Bencic will face Haddad Maia in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Belinda Bencic and Beatriz Haddad Maia play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Bencic and Haddad Maia (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Haddad Maia won 2-6 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Toronto back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Bencic won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Belinda won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 8th (4-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Shelby won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 6th (4-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Bencic saved 1 set point when she was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Rogers was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th
game (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).They contested 77 points. It’s worth to point out that, Bencic won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Shelby (38-39). The Swiss dropped 12 points on serve (32-12). on the other side of the net, Shelby conceded 6 points on serve (27-6
).Bencic had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Shelby Rogers in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Bencic managed to boost her lead after breaking Rogers in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Bencic was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).
They played 55 points. The Swiss was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Shelby (32-23). The Swiss conceded 12 points on serve (21-12). on the other side of the court, Shelby conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Belinda BencicBencic – Shelby RogersRogers (7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Elena RybakinaRybakina (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Belinda BencicBencic (1-1) – H2H details and stats