Ann Li upsets Belinda Bencic 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday. Li will play Priscilla Hon in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.
Ann added to her prize money $ 83,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 237,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Ann will add $ 163,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 400,000 in total.
Highlights Ann Li vs. Belinda Bencic U.S. Open – New York
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Li scored 64 points vs. Belinda’s 41.
Li
Li served extremely well to win 77% of the points (24/31) behind her first serve, and she won 71% points (12/17) on her second serve. Li was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8).
Bencic
On the other side, the Swiss was struggling when converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Li and Bencic is 1-0 for Ann.
Draw and next match H2H: Ann Li vs. Priscilla Hon – stats
Li will fight against Hon in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Ann Li and Priscilla Hon since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Li won the set after she broke Belinda in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Belinda tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, Ann kept the focus to conquer the set 6-3.
Li converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, the Swiss was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They contested 49 points. Ann won 13 more points than the Swiss (31-18). The American conceded 7 points on serve (19-7). on the other side of the court, Bencic conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Li won the set after she broke Belinda in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Ann converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Bencic was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 56 points. Ann was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the Swiss (33-23). The American surrendered 5 points on serve (17-5). On the losing side, the Swiss conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
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- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Alexandra EalaEala (6-4 6-3)
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-4 6-2)
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-2 6-1)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Iva JovicJovic (6-3 6-3)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Elsa JacquemotJacquemot (2-6 6-3 6-2)
- Taylor TownsendTownsend – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-5 6-1)
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-3 6-3)
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-1 6-3)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (7-64 6-2)
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-1 6-3)
- Ann LiLi – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 6-3)
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Janice TjenTjen (6-2 6-1)
- Priscilla HonHon – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (4-6 6-3 6-2)
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