2023-09-02 23:25:35
Belinda Bencic (WTA 13) will be there for the round of 16 of the US Open. In the 3rd round, the Olympic champion won 7-6 2-6 6-3 once morest China’s Lin Zhu (44) to reach this stage of the competition for the 4th time in New York.
On Sunday, Belinda Bencic will face Sorana Cirstea (WTA 30), who eliminated world No. 4 Elena Rybakina. The Saint-Galloise remains on a victory once morest the Romanian, last year in the 1st round of this same US Open.
All the lights are therefore green for the Swiss, who has managed to get out of the trap set by Lin Zhu. Victorious over the former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in the first round, the Chinese really pushed the Saint-Galloise to her last limits.
The relieved Saint-Galloise
“I had to really fight to get out of this“, admits Belinda Bencic who did not hide her relief following her victory following 2h39 of play.
With Sorana Cirstea in the round of 16 then Karolina Muchova (10) or Xinyu Wang (53) in the quarters, the course that might take her to the last four is not insurmountable.
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