Belinda Bencic (WTA 13) will be there for the quarter-finals of the Ladies Open. She won 6-3 6-4 in the Swiss derby against Susan Bandecchi (WTA 229).
Forty-eight hours after a more ‘complicated’ first round against the Frenchwoman Diane Parry, the Olympic Champion has provided the essentials without drawing on her reserves. She won the first set thanks to a successful break in the second game. In the second set, she found the opening to the relaunch one last time at 4-4 to conclude after 1h20 ‘of play.
This Friday, Belinda Bencic will face Petra Martic (WTA 85). She remains on two successes against the Croatian, acquired last year on the lawns of Berlin and Eastbourne. In Lausanne, Belinda Bencic is driven by a double ambition: to pick up a first shot at home and once again join the top-ten of the WTA rankings. She will only succeed if she wins the tournament
Before this duel between Belinda Bencic and Petra Martic scheduled for 17.30, Simona Waltert will face around 14.00 Olga Danilovic (WTA 124) who beat 6-3 3-6 7-5 the Russian Anna Kalinskaya (WTA 73) after saving a match point. Victorious over the 7th world Danielle Collins in the first round after 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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