WTA Berlin: Belinda Bencic in the quarterfinals, Sabalenka and Svitolina out
While Belinda Bencic did not only come up with one incredible point, the two top seeded Aryna Sabalenka and Elina Svitolina had to say goodbye to the German capital.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Jun 16, 2021, 09:08 pm
Fall down, get up and still make the point - Belinda Bencic showed her full commitment at the bett1open in Berlin, which was also rewarded. The five-seeded Confederate moved into the quarter-finals of the grass tournament in Berlin with 6: 3 and 6: 4 against the Croatian Petra Martic after only 1:23 hours of play. There the Swiss surprisingly gets to do with the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova.
Surprising because the 26-year-old from the Urals took Elina Svitolina, who was seeded two, out of the competition. In the head-to-head of the two opponents, it was clear 3-0 for the Ukrainian before today's game.
Also for the top seeded Aryna Sabalenka it was over in the round of 16. She had to bow to the American Madison Keys after three sometimes hard-fought sets 4: 6, 6: 1, 5: 7. For Keys it is the first quarter-final at a WTA event since January 2020, when she made it to the final at the hard court tournament in Brisbane. Opponent of the world number 28. is in any case a Russian in the round of the last 16 - Liudmilla Samsonova and Veronika Kudermetova will play the first game tomorrow in the Steffi Graf Stadium from 11:00 o'clock.
Also in action tomorrow is the last German Angelique Kerber remaining in the competition. She has to deal with the seven-ranked Belarusian Viktoria Azarenka. he Belarusian had taken Andrea Petkovic out of the tournament in the first round.
Here the single tableau in Berlin
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