World number nine Belinda Bencic will be up against the 18th-ranked Ekaterina Alexandrova in the third round of the 2023 WTA Miami Open on Sunday, March 26. Get the predictions and odds of this Belinda Bencic v Ekaterina Alexandrova match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Belinda Bencic v Ekaterina Alexandrova Head to Head
There have been five previous instances of their meetings and Bencic leads 3-2.
It’s 1-1 on clay, 1-1 on grass and the fifth match, which was the first time they ever faced off came in the 2019 Indian Wells where Bencic had won in two.
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Bencic Crushes Fernandez
In a match that failed to arouse too much interest because of its one-sided nature, Bencic registered a 6-1, 6-1 win over Leylah Fernandez. The encounter lasted 68 minutes.
Bencic’s biggest weapon was her serve which saw her win 77% of the points in the encounter even as she broke Fernandez five times from the six opportunities she got.
This result would have come as a bit of a relief for Bencic, who had stumbled to successive defeats in Dubai and Indian Wells before this. Losing to Jil Teichmann at the latter despite starting out as a 1/4 favourite would have rankled.
That had come on the back of two title wins this season which saw Bencic also reach the fourth round at the Australian Open.
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Alexandrova Scrapes Past Townsend
With Alexandrova’s form having taken a hit this season, it was no surprise that she struggled to make it through her second round match against Taylor Townsend.
After earning herself an opening round bye on account of being a seeded player, it took Alexandrova two hours and 17 minutes to get past her American opponent. She won 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.
Resisting 14 aces from Townsend, the Russian was broken just once and it came late in the second set. It had been the only time she faced a break-point too. In turn, Alexandrova broke Townsend once in each of the first and third sets, and that was enough for her to come through.
This was Alexandrova’s fifth win for the season to go with five defeats. Things are expected to get a lot tougher against the world number nine.
Bencic v Alexandrova Prediction and Tip
Bencic might have had a couple of underwhelming performances in recent times but she has had a solid season. We expect her to come through in two sets.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Bencic to win: 2/7 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Under 21.5 games in the match: 4/5 (Click Here to Bet with 888Sport)
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