Superb Belinda Bencic mullers Fernandez in the 2nd round to set up a battle vs Alexandrova in the next round – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Bencic demolishes Fernandez to face Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez

Belinda Bencic brushes past Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-1 6-1 in the 2nd round in Miami on Friday after playing a tremendous match to deal with Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 7 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Bencic
Miami
Bencic's Record

Belinda added to her prize money $ 24,885 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 55,770 after this win. If she wins the next match, Bencic will add $ 41,185 to her earnings to get in total $ 96,955 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bencic
Fernandez
Belinda Bencic
6-1 6-1
1h:07
Leylah Annie Fernandez
55
55
Total points
28
28
19
19
Winners
16
16
35%
35%
Ratio Winners
57%
57%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
64%
64%
1st in
70%
70%
76%
76%
1st won
52%
52%
19/25
19/25
1st won
16/31
16/31
79%
79%
2nd won
23%
23%
11/14
11/14
2nd won
3/13
3/13
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
Total
0/0
0/0
83%
83%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 55 points vs. Leylah’s 28.

Bencic

Belinda served very well to win 76% of the points (19/25) behind her first serve, and she won 79% points (11/14) on her second serve. Bencic didn’t lose the focus when converting 83% of the break points that she conquered (5/6).

Fernandez

On the other side, the Canadian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Fernandez is 3-2 for Belinda.

Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats

Bencic will play Alexandrova in the 3rd round.

This will be the 6th time that Belinda Bencic and Ekaterina Alexandrova square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Bencic won 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Charleston back in 2022.

Belinda Bencic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Bencic 6-1
BencicFernandez
6
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BencicFernandez
6
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BencicFernandez
5
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
BencicFernandez
4
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
BencicFernandez
4
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BencicFernandez
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
BencicFernandez
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
BencicFernandez
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

Bencic didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Leylah Annie Fernandez in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Bencic extended her lead after breaking Leylah in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

The Swiss failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 30.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Bencic won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

The Swiss converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Swiss didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 44 points. The Swiss conquered the set after winning 16 points more than Fernandez (30-14). The Swiss was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).

2nd Set -
Bencic 6-1
BencicFernandez
6
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
BencicFernandez
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BencicFernandez
4
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
BencicFernandez
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
BencicFernandez
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BencicFernandez
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

Bencic enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Leylah Annie Fernandez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Belinda reinforced her lead after breaking Fernandez in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

The Swiss was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Swiss didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 39 points. Bencic was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Leylah (25-14). Belinda surrendered 5 points on serve (14-5). On the losing side, Fernandez conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).

1st
Bencic
Fernandez
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Bencic
Fernandez
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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