Belinda Bencic gets the better of Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Charleston on Friday. Bencic will face off with Jessica Pegula in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes. Belinda won this tournament once in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:19
At the end of the match, Bencic scored 68 points vs. Alexandrova’s 47.
Bencic
Bencic served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (27/35) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 41% points (7/17) on her second serve. Belinda won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Alexandrova
On the other side, the Russian was absolutely great in converting all her break points (2/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Alexandrova is 4-3 for Belinda.
Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Jessica Pegula – stats
Bencic will play Pegula in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Belinda Bencic and Jessica Pegula square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Bencic won 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in New York back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Bencic had a great start in this set after breaking Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for Bencic to win the set because Alexandrova managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Belinda kept her focus to break Alexandrova in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Bencic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
The Swiss converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Ekaterina was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (0-3 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A).
They played 52 points. Belinda was the winner of the set after clinching 16 more points than the Russian (34-18). Bencic surrendered 11 points on serve (17-11). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 17 points on serve (7-17).
Bencic got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was the key for Bencic to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
The Swiss wasted a good opportunity to break Alexandrova in the 6th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Swiss converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Swiss didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 63 points. Belinda conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the Russian (34-29). Bencic conceded 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the court, Ekaterina conceded 17 points on serve (22-17).
Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-3 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-0 4-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Madison KeysKeys (6-75 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Belinda BencicBencic (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Ons JabeurJabeur (2-4) – H2H details and stats
