Belinda Bencic gets the better of Shuai Zhang 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in New York on Sunday. Bencic will face off with Rebecca Sramkova or Ann Li in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Bencic's Record

Belinda added to her prize money $ 44,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 154,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Swiss will add $ 83,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 237,000 in total.

Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Shuai Zhang U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bencic
Zhang
6-3 6-3
1h:28
70
70
Total points
58
58
29
29
Winners
23
23
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
13
13
Unforced
27
27
33%
33%
Ratio Unforced
68%
68%
5/9
5/9
Net Approaches
9/11
9/11
56%
56%
Perc
82%
82%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
2
2
5
5
Double Faults
2
2
65%
65%
1st in
66%
66%
67%
67%
1st won
56%
56%
29/43
29/43
1st won
23/41
23/41
52%
52%
2nd won
48%
48%
12/23
12/23
2nd won
10/21
10/21
173
173
Fastest serve
154
154
161
161
AVG 1st Serve
147
147
121
121
AVG 2nd Serve
128
128
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
1/9
1/9
67%
67%
Won
11%
11%
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At the end of the match, Belinda scored 70 points vs. Zhang’s 58.

Bencic

The Swiss was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6).

Zhang

On the other side, Shuai had a tough time converting her break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Zhang is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Rebecca Sramkova or Ann Li – stats

Bencic will square off with either Rebecca Sramkova or Ann Li in the 2nd round. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Rebecca Sramkova and 0-0 vs. Ann Li.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Bencic 6-3
BencicZhang
6
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
BencicZhang
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
BencicZhang
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
BencicZhang
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BencicZhang
2
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
BencicZhang
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
BencicZhang
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BencicZhang
0
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
BencicZhang
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40

Bencic got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Shuai Zhang in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Belinda refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Shuai 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Zhang had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.

Belinda converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Chinese converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 71 points. Bencic won 7 more points than Zhang (39-32). Bencic dropped 13 points on serve (17-13). on the other side of the net, Shuai conceded 22 points on serve (19-22).

2nd Set -
Bencic 6-3
BencicZhang
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
BencicZhang
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BencicZhang
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BencicZhang
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
BencicZhang
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
BencicZhang
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
BencicZhang
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BencicZhang
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BencicZhang
1
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Bencic snatched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to finally conquering the set (6-3).

Belinda was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Shuai was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 0th (0-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 3rd game (1-1 40-A).

They played 57 points. Belinda conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Zhang (31-26). Belinda surrendered 12 points on serve (24-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Zhang conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).

1st
Bencic
Zhang
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Bencic
Zhang
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0

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