Belinda Bencic conquers Rakhimova in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Miyazaki at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Bencic aces Rakhimova to come up against Yuriko Miyazaki in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Kamilla Rakhimova

Belinda Bencic hustles Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in New York on Monday. Bencic will try to keep the momentum against Yuriko Miyazaki in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. Her best result in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Bencic
New York
Bencic's Record

Bencic added to her prize money $ 41,500 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 123,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Swiss will add $ 68,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 191,000 in total.

Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Kamilla Rakhimova U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bencic
Rakhimova
Belinda Bencic
6-2 6-4
1h:41
Kamilla Rakhimova
69
69
Total points
59
59
22
22
Winners
19
19
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
32%
32%
30
30
Unforced
28
28
52%
52%
Ratio Unforced
48%
48%
6/7
6/7
Net Approaches
3/4
3/4
86%
86%
Perc
75%
75%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
6
6
54%
54%
1st in
44%
44%
63%
63%
1st won
68%
68%
22/35
22/35
1st won
19/28
19/28
50%
50%
2nd won
34%
34%
15/30
15/30
2nd won
12/35
12/35
173
173
Fastest serve
164
164
156
156
AVG 1st Serve
148
148
128
128
AVG 2nd Serve
130
130
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
Total
2/11
2/11
71%
71%
Won
18%
18%
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At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 69 points vs. Kamilla’s 59.

Bencic

Belinda was effective at converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7).

Rakhimova

On the other side, Kamilla had a tough time converting her break points (only 18% – 2/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Rakhimova is 1-0 for Belinda.

Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Yuriko Miyazaki – stats

Bencic will face Miyazaki in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Belinda Bencic and Yuriko Miyazaki since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Belinda Bencic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Bencic enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Kamilla Rakhimova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for the Swiss to win the set as Rakhimova managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Bencic kept her cool to break the Russian in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

Belinda converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). Also, on the other side, Kamilla converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-3 0-40) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 57 points. Bencic conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the Russian (33-24). Belinda surrendered 12 points on serve (15-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Kamilla conceded 18 points on serve (12-18).

The Swiss won the set after she broke Rakhimova in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. The Russian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Notwithstanding, Bencic stayed solid to conquer the set 6-4.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Bencic won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.

Bencic converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Russian converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 6th (1-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 65 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Bencic won barely 1 point more than Kamilla (33-32). Bencic surrendered 13 points on serve (19-13). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).

 

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