Belinda Bencic (WTA 13) did not fail. Like Jil Teichmann (35) a few hours earlier, the Olympic champion showed absolute mastery during her first round in Adelaide.
Bencic won 6-3 6-4 ahead of Garbine Muguruza (48). Imperial behind her serve – she did not concede a single break point – she twice snatched her opponent’s engagement. She thus signs a 3rd victory in 4 games against the Spaniard.
“I really served very welli, welcomes Bencic. The work done in the offseason with Dmitry Tursunov is starting to pay off.” Seeded No. 8, the St-Galloise will face the winner of the meeting between Jelena Ostapenko (18) and Anna Kalinskaya (64) on Wednesday.
Teichmann implacable in “money time”
Teichmann won 7-5 6-4 ahead of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (365). The Swiss no2 forced the decision with 2 breaks. In the person of the Russian, finalist at Roland-Garros in 2021, the left-hander faced an opponent who was returning to competition after 8 months off due to a knee injury.
In the next round, Teichmann will be opposed to Danielle Collins (WTA 14) against whom she remains on a defeat.
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