Belinda Bencic overcomes Priscilla Hon 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in Beijing on Sunday. Bencic will fight against Cori Gauff in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 25 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Bencic added to her prize money $ 42,825 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 103,225 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Swiss will add $ 85,850 to her earnings to get in total $ 189,075 in total.
Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Priscilla Hon China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 97 points vs. Priscilla’s 86.
Bencic
The Swiss served very well to win 80% of the points (39/49) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 46% points (16/35) on her second serve. Bencic won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 31%
(4/13) of the procured opportunities.Hon
On the other side, Priscilla was pretty good at converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Hon is 2-0 for Belinda.
Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Bencic will take on Gauff in the 4th round.
This will be the 6th time that Belinda Bencic and Cori Gauff square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Gauff (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.
The last time that they played, Gauff won 6-4 6-2 in the 4th round in Madrid back in April 2025.
Live score progression and stats
Hon won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Hon broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4.
Belinda was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.
The Australian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 6th (2-4 30-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Belinda was on the money in converting all her break points in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 70 points. Priscilla was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Belinda (37-33). Priscilla dropped 15 points on serve (23-15). on the other side of the court, the Swiss conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Bencic was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Priscilla Hon in the 2nd game (2-0). Belinda improved her lead after breaking Priscilla in the 10th (6-4) game before conquering the set.
Bencic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Belinda converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Bencic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 60 points. Belinda was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Australian (34-26). The Swiss lost 9 points on serve (20-9). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Bencic had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Priscilla Hon in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was crucial for the Swiss to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Bencic converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Bencic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. Bencic was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Priscilla (30-23). Belinda lost 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (1-6 7-5 3-0 ret.)
- Eva LysLys – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-3 1-6 6-4)
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Paula BadosaBadosa (4-2 ret.)
- Cori GauffGauff – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 4-6 7-5)
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Shuai ZhangZhang (7-611 6-0)
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-3 7-5)
- Belinda BencicBencic – Priscilla HonHon (4-6 6-4 6-3)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Sofia KeninKenin (6-3 6-0)
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