LUXEMBOURG (AFP) – Switzerland’s Olympic tennis champion Belinda Bencic suffered a 6-1, 6-4 defeat to Russia’s Liudmila Samsonova in the quarter-finals of the Luxembourg Open on Friday (Sept 17). Samsonova, ranked 48th, claimed her second win over Bencic in as many attempts, having beaten her in the final of the grass-court tournament in Berlin in... » read more
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Olympic champion Belinda Bencic put on a serving masterclass to beat Jessica Pegula 6-2 6-4 and reach the last 16 of the U.S. Open on Saturday (Sept 4). The 11th-seeded Swiss won 85 per cent of her first serve points and smacked four aces to improve to a 3-0 record against... » read more
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Belinda Bencic, playing with a new found sense of freedom after winning a gold medal in the singles competition at the Tokyo Olympics, breezed past Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus 6-4 6-4 to reach the second round of the US Open on Tuesday (Aug 31). Bencic, who reached the US Open semi-finals in... » read more
DOHA (AFP) – America’s Madison Keys made a triumphant return to play against sixth seed Belinda Bencic, clinching three games in a row as she opened her campaign, winning her first match since September 6-4, 6-1. But Swiss Bencic, making her third appearance at the Qatar Open where she made the quarter-finals last year, began... » read more