Charleston Open: Belinda Bencic scores an upset over Paula Badosa to move into SF

Belinda Bencic ousted second seed Paula Badosa in the quarter-final of the Charleston Open on Friday. The Swiss, seeded 10th this week, came from a set down to win 2-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 in two hours and 47 minutes.

Bencic won 69% of her first-serve points to Badosaā€™s 62% and 50% of her second-serve points to the Spaniardā€™s 54%. She saved 10 of the 14 break points she faced while converting three of the 10 break points she had, to ensure a narrow win for herself. This was the first time Bencic had defeated Badosa as going into the match, it was the latter whoā€™d boasted of a 3-0 win-to-loss record against her. The Bencic-Badosa match was also the only match to have gone the distance.

Charleston Open: Ons Jabeur advances without problems

In the semi-finals, Bencic will play Ekaterina Alexandrova. Alexandrova defeated Magda Linette, 6-0, 6-2 in 62 minutes. Alexandrova put in only 49% of her first-serves to Linetteā€™s 57% but won 86% of her first-serve points to the Poleā€™s 41%. She saved two of the three break points she faced while breaking Linetteā€™s serve six times.

In the top half of the draw, fourth seed Ons Jabeur wrapped up her quarter-final against Anhelina Kalinina in 63 minutes, 6-3, 6-2. Jabeur only won 33% of her second-serve points to the Ukrainianā€™s 50% but won 80% of her first-serve points to Kalininaā€™s 53%. The Tunisian, whoā€™s the highest seed left in the draw, saved one of the two break points she faced while converting four of the eight break points she had on Kalininaā€™s serve.

Amanda Anisimova will be Jabeurā€™s opponent in the semis of the Charleston Open. The American, seeded 15th, beat fellow countrywoman, Coco Vandeweghe 6-1, 6-2 in 64 minutes. Anisimova saved all five break points she faced while breaking her opponentā€™s serve four times.Ā Ā 

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