Again this Paula Badosa. After Jill Teichmann, the Spaniard also throws Belinda Bencic out of the tournament in Madrid. The Swiss lost 4: 6, 5: 7 in the quarter-finals.
As with Bencic’s defeat in April in Charleston, the first duel between the two, a tough fight develops at the beginning. Bencic has a hard time against the tough world number 62. Has trouble getting through her serve.
And so the faulty 24-year-old soon finds herself in reserve. Although she fights her way back from 2: 4 to the decision, after the break to 4: 4 she loses the thread again. Bencic gives up the serve before Badosa serves the first round home.
Bad start to the 2nd set
The second set starts even worse, Bencic immediately takes the break. Although she can equalize again, she seldom succeeds in putting the stamp on the game. In particular, the service is not very effective on this day. Badosa makes the break to 6: 5 and wins the game after 1:49 hours with the second match point – significantly through a Bencic mistake.
With the defeat, Belinda Bencic misses the chance to return to the top ten. On the contrary: The world number 1 could slide down to 12th place depending on the performance of Elise Mertens.