Belinda Bencic stuns Cori Gauff 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the 4th round in Indian Wells on Wednesday. Bencic will clash against Madison Keys in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Swiss added to her prize money $ 86,100 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 189,625 after this win. If she wins the next match, Bencic will add $ 143,500 to her earnings to get in total $ 333,125 in total.
Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Cori Gauff BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:20
Bencic won this contest even if she won the same amount of points of Gauff (88 vs. 88).
Bencic
The Swiss was pretty good at converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (3/5).
Gauff
On the other side, the American was absolutely great in converting all her break points (2/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Gauff is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Madison Keys – stats
Bencic will face Keys in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Belinda Bencic and Madison Keys face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Bencic and Keys (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Bencic won 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in Charleston back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Bencic had a racing start in this set after breaking Cori Gauff in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Gauff to win the set because Belinda found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The American kept her focus to break Belinda in the 6th (4-2) game before conquering the set (6-3).
The American was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Bencic was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A and 40-A).
They played 77 points. Coco won 5 more points than Belinda (41-36). The American conceded 16 points on serve (23-16). Regarding the other side of the net, the Swiss conceded 18 points on serve (20-18).
Bencic got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Cori Gauff in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break resulted decisive for Bencic to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
The Swiss was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40). On the other side, Bencic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. This set was so close that, Belinda won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Swiss dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, the American conceded 6 points on serve (17-6).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Bencic conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before finally winning the set (6-4).
Coco lost the 9th game (5-4) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
Belinda converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Belinda didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 55 points. Belinda was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Coco (30-25). Belinda dropped 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the court, Coco conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Madison KeysKeys – Donna VekicVekic (4-6 7-67 6-3)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Sonay KartalKartal (6-1 6-2)
- Belinda BencicBencic – Cori GauffGauff (3-6 6-3 6-4)
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-0 6-4)
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-1 6-2)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-3 6-2)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-1 6-1)
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jessica PegulaPegula (5-7 6-1 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Belinda BencicBencic – Madison KeysKeys (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-6) – H2H details and stats
