2023-08-11 21:14:10
Belinda Bencic (WTA 13) made it to the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 in Montreal. The St-Galloise beat Petra Kvitova (9) 6-7 (3/7) 6-3 6-1 in the round of 16 on Friday followingnoon.
The Olympic singles champion went through all the moods before winning following 2h50′ of play once morest the left-handed Czech. She twisted her left ankle in the second game of the third set, which required a medical time-out in the middle of this game.
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But Belinda Bencic did not give up, even signing the break in this game to take the lead 3-0. And Petra Kvitova also made it easier for her: the double Wimbledon winner (2011, 2014) also had to call in the physio in the third set, when she was down 1-4, due to back pain!
To see if the St-Galloise will be able to really defend her chances in a quarter-final scheduled a few hours later. She must indeed face the Russian Liudmila Samsonova (18) in the evening for a place in the last four.
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