Liudmila Samsonova overcomes Belinda Bencic 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Montreal on Friday. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Ludmilla added to her prize money $ 74,650 after winning this match. She has already won $ 138,000 so far in this event. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 129,690 to her earnings to get in total $ 267,690.
Highlights Liudmila Samsonova vs. Belinda Bencic Omnium Banque Nationale – Montreal
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 75 points vs. the Swiss’s 70.
Samsonova
Samsonova served very well to win 83% of the points (29/35) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 46% points (17/37) on her second serve. Ludmilla won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Bencic
On the other side, Bencic wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Samsonova and Bencic is 4-1 for Ludmilla.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Ludmilla clinched in the 7th game (4-3) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Ludmilla converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 40-A). On the other side, Bencic was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A).
They played 78 points. This set was so close that, Ludmilla won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Ludmilla conceded 13 points on serve (23-13). On the losing side, Bencic conceded 16 points on serve (26-16).
Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Russian clinched in the 9th game (5-4) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
The Russian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Bencic was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 67 points. Samsonova won 5 more points than Bencic (36-31). The Russian conceded 13 points on serve (23-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Bencic conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
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- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (6-3 4-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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