Bencic in the Charleston semifinals – divorce from coach Tursunow

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The Swiss, seeded number 4, successfully revenged the defeat of two weeks ago at the highly awarded tournament in Miami. In Florida, the Russian (WTA 17) won in two sets. Belinda Bencic learned the lessons of defeat and deservedly triumphed this time. The Olympic champion does not let the Russian play her game, gets ten break points and is much more efficient than her opponent in terms of return.

Now the number 3 in the world ranking with Jessica Pegula awaits. The East Swiss leads 3-0 in direct encounters, most recently beating the American en route to Olympic victory in Tokyo and at the 2021 US Open. The 29-year-old daughter of a natural gas billionaire has improved a lot since then. Injuries and hip surgery had thrown her back again and again before that.

If Belinda Bencic triumphs on the clay court in the US state of South Carolina on Sunday evening, she would celebrate her twentieth victory of the year.

Bencic separates from Russian coach

Around the tournament, Bencic’s manager Marijn Bal also announced a change in the coaching staff to CH Media. Russian coach Dimitri Tursunow and Belinda Bencic go their separate ways after barely five months together. Bal’s reason: “After Miami, Belinda and Dimitri had different ideas about how to proceed. That is why they came to the conclusion together to end their collaboration.” (SDA/dti)

Source : Blick