Belinda Bencic (WTA 13) will be there for the quarter-finals of the Ladies Open. The seeded No. 2 in the draw easily won 6-3 6-4 in the Swiss derby once morest Susan Bandecchi (229).
Forty-eight hours following a more “complicated” 1st round once morest the Frenchwoman Diane Parry, the Olympic Champion provided the essentials without drawing on her reserves. She won the 1st set thanks to a successful break in the 2nd game. In the second set, she found the opening to the relaunch one last time at 4-4 to conclude following 1h20 ‘of play.
In the next round, Belinda Bencic will face Petra Martic (85). She remains on two successes once morest the Croatian, acquired last year on the lawns of Berlin and Eastbourne. In Lausanne, Belinda Bencic is driven by a double ambition: to pick a 1st shot at home and once once more join the top-ten of the WTA rankings. She will only succeed if she wins the tournament.
Waltert in contention once morest Danilovic on Friday
Before this duel between Belinda Bencic and Petra Martic, Simona Waltert will face Olga Danilovic (124) who beat Russian Anna Kalinskaya (73) 6-3 3-6 7-5 following saving a match point. Victorious over the 7th world Danielle Collins in the 1st round following she dismissed three match points, the Grisone dreams of finally getting the best of the Serb who beat her three times in three games in this meeting between miracles.
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