2023-09-02 04:14:00
Belinda Bencic is in the round of 16 for the 4th time at the US Open. In the 7: 6 (7: 1), 2: 6, 6: 3 once morest Lin Zhu (CHN/WTA 44), the numerous mistakes did not take revenge in the end. Surprisingly, the game continues on Sunday once morest Sorana Cirstea (ROM/WTA 30 ). Immediately before that, Dominic Stricker delivered the through ball for the East Swiss on the Grandstand – for him, too, it continues following a match over the full distance in New York.
Another real endurance test awaited Belinda Bencic at the finish line. At a score of 4: 3 (with a break advantage), the world number 13 had. to fend off another breakball once morest Lin Zhu, who is only 31 positions behind in the ranking. But in a game that had brought light and shadow for her, she pulled her head out of the noose once more.
Legend: The grapes are hanging high, but not too high For Belinda Bencic, the US Open continues following a lot of cramping. imago images/Rob Prange
The Olympic champion pulled away to 5:3 and once more took the serve from the Chinese, whose defense was broken in the meantime. After 2:39 hours, the tough piece of work was successfully completed. She laid the foundation for this in the 3rd set with a very strong return game in the 5th game. After 0:30 Bencic booked 4 points in a row and suddenly had control of the game once more.
In round 2, on the other hand, the eastern Swiss woman was completely out of step. With the set lead behind her, she made numerous unforced errors from then on – by the end of the match, 53 of them were included in the statistics.
Zhu, who was now able to win 75 percent of all points following the second serve, made the service breakthrough to make it 4:2 and promptly added another to the clear verdict of 6:2 in the second round. Afterwards, Bencic said: “There are few matches a year where things go perfectly. Fighting spirit is often required, but this characterizes me.”
In the tie-break, Bencic suddenly had an easy game
Even the opening sentence had been one of make or break. After every 2 breaks, a quick decision had to be made. In this Bencic acted clarified, in contrast to the Chinese. The world number 44 served the set lead with 5 unforced 26-year-olds on a silver platter. But as is well known, she was able to put up much more resistance in the continuation.
The eastern Swiss was relieved that she was able to fight her way through this difficult game and, following reaching the round of 16 for the third time this year at Grand Slam tournaments, generally notes progress or consistency on this stage.
No caliber in the round of 16
Speaking of the sequel: Bencic is contesting this once morest Sorana Cirstea at “Flushing Meadows” – and thus once morest a clearly worse-ranked challenger. The Romanian world number 30 eliminated Jelena Rybakina (KAZ/WTA 4) in 3 sentences. So far, Cirstea had never progressed past the 3rd round in New York.
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