Ekaterina Alexandrova bests Belinda Bencic 7-6(8) 6-3 in the 3rd round in Miami on Sunday. Alexandrova will have to play Bianca Vanessa Andreescu in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 3rd round in 2021. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
The Russian added to her prize money $ 41,185 after winning this match. She has already won $ 96,955 after this win. If she wins the next match, Alexandrova will add $ 87,510 to her earnings to get in total $ 184,465 in total.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Belinda Bencic Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alexandrova scored 84 points vs. the Swiss’s 70.
Alexandrova
The Russian won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities.
Bencic
On the other side, Bencic wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Alexandrova and Bencic is 3-3.
Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Bianca Vanessa Andreescu – stats
Alexandrova will square off with Vanessa Andreescu in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Bianca Vanessa Andreescu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Ekaterina won the set after she broke the Swiss in the 3rd (2-1) game. Belinda tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, Alexandrova refused to give way to win the set 7-6.
Alexandrova converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Bencic converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 8th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 109 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Bencic (57-52). The Russian surrendered 17 points on serve (29-17). In addition, on the other side, Belinda conceded 28 points on serve (35-28).
Alexandrova had a great start in this set after breaking Belinda Bencic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Ekaterina to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Ekaterina converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Bencic (26-19). Alexandrova was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, Belinda conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
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