During the match, Bencic looked good at the start but gradually faded. From 2-2 – where neither player had held serve – a run by the former world No. 3 Greek player led her to take the set 6-2.

Day 2 of the 2025 Italian Open (May 7) will see more of the first-round action in the women's singles event, including Maria Sakkari taking on Belinda Bencic. There are a total of 22 women's ...

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Another source of inspiration comes from being part of a successful generation of players born in 1997, a cohort that includes 2017 Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko, Belinda Bencic ...

Despite a spirited performance against Belinda Bencic, the Swiss defeated her in three sets. The American will enter Rome after a third-round exit in Charleston and a first-round exit in Madrid.

The WTA now has several players who have in recent times become mothers, such as Caroline Wozniacki, Taylor Townsend, Elina Svitolina, and more recently, the likes of Belinda Bencic and Petra Kvitova.

Potential first-round rivals include players like Emma Raducanu (No. 49) and Belinda Bencic (No. 39). Sakkari is defending 90 ranking points from her 2024 participation, where she defeated Donna ...

Greece's Maria Sakkari won when Switzerland's Belinda Bencic retired after losing the first set 6-2. Romania's Elena-Gabriella Ruse rallied to beat Russia's Polina Kudermetova 6-7 (10), 6-4 ...

Darius Garland has now missed four straight games during the postseason with a sprained toe, but ESPN's Stephen A. Smith doesn't care how much pain he's in. Garland had 21 points and nine assists ...