Belinda Bencic gets the better of Zhu in the 3rd round to battle vs Cirstea at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Bencic aces Zhu to face Sorana Cirstea in the 4th round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Lin Zhu

Belinda Bencic wins against Lin Zhu 7-6(1) 2-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday. Bencic will face Sorana Cirstea in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 39 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Bencic
New York
Bencic's Record

The Swiss added to her prize money $ 93,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 284,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Swiss will add $ 171,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 455,000 in total.

Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Lin Zhu U.S. Open – New York

Bencic’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bencic
Zhu
Belinda Bencic
7-61 2-6 6-3
2h:39
Lin Zhu
105
105
Total points
101
101
41
41
Winners
42
42
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
53
53
Unforced
46
46
54%
54%
Ratio Unforced
46%
46%
12/18
12/18
Net Approaches
10/17
10/17
67%
67%
Perc
59%
59%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
5
5
Double Faults
2
2
63%
63%
1st in
69%
69%
64%
64%
1st won
58%
58%
41/64
41/64
1st won
42/72
42/72
50%
50%
2nd won
53%
53%
19/38
19/38
2nd won
17/32
17/32
177
177
Fastest serve
168
168
152
152
AVG 1st Serve
147
147
123
123
AVG 2nd Serve
114
114
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
4/12
4/12
44%
44%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Bencic scored 105 points vs. Lin’s 101.

Bencic

Belinda won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Zhu

On the other side, the Chinese was struggling when converting her break points (only 33% – 4/12). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Bencic and Zhu is 2-0 for Belinda.

Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Sorana Cirstea – stats

Bencic will play Cirstea in the 4th round.

This will be the 4th time that Belinda Bencic and Sorana Cirstea square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Bencic won 3-6 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in New York back in 2022.

Belinda Bencic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Bencic had a strong start of this set after breaking Lin Zhu in the 1st game (1-0). However, Belinda refused to bow to come back to break the Chinese in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (4-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 1.

Tiebreak

Belinda won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point. On the other side, Zhu won a minibreak in the 4th (1-3) point.

Bencic won the tiebreak 7-1 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1

The Swiss converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Chinese converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 87 points. Belinda was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Zhu (48-39). Belinda surrendered 18 points on serve (26-18). On the losing side, the Chinese conceded 22 points on serve (21-22).

2nd Set -
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Zhu in this set was too strong for Belinda and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking the Swiss in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Belinda couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

The Chinese was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Swiss was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 55 points. Lin conquered the set after winning 11 points more than the Swiss (33-22). The Chinese lost 9 points on serve (20-9). on the other side of the net, Belinda conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).

3rd Set -
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Belinda won the set after she broke the Chinese in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Belinda converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Zhu was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).

They contested 63 points. Bencic was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Lin (34-29). Belinda surrendered 11 points on serve (20-11). on the other side of the net, Lin conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).

1st
Bencic
Zhu
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Bencic
Zhu
2-6
2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Bencic
Zhu
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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