World no. 14, and the number 14 seed, Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, will play Magda Linette of Poland, the world number 24, and the twenty third seed, in the third round of the 2023 Wimbledon on Friday, July 7. Get the live streaming options of this Belinda Bencic v Magda Linette match along with its preview, head-to-head, and tips here.
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Bencic v Linette Head to Head
The pair have never played each other before. This will be the first match between the 26 year old Swiss, and the Pole, five years her senior.
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There could scarcely be a greater contrast between Bencic’s two matches at Wimbledon so far.
Her first round win over the British wildcard Katie Swan was completely routine, and the Swiss number one was barely tested.
However, her second round opponent, Danielle Collins, the world number 52, was made of sterner stuff and pushed her all the way.
In fact, it was the American who started the better, recovering from dropping her serve in the opening game of the match with two successive breaks of her own, which enabled her to take the first set,
The second set was a reverse of the first, beginning with Bencic dropping her serve, but responding by breaking the American twice to level up the match.
Although Bencic earned herself four break points in the course of the third set she could not convert any of them, and the outcome of the match was decided by a tie-break.
Finally Bencic was able to assert herself, being faultless on serve herself, whilst breaking Collins four times.
She go there in the end, but it was a lot closer than she would have liked.
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Linette Pushed by Czech Veteran
Linette has made the third round of this championship for the third time in her career, but, like Bencic, having begun with an easy win, she had to work a lot harder in her second round match.
She had beaten Jil Teichmann, Bencic’s compatriot, in straight sets, and then faced the Czech veteran Barbora Strycova, now ranked 623rd in the world, and only playing in this tournament because of her Protected Ranking.
The first set saw the pair swap breaks twice, before Linette earned it with yet another break.
The pair swapped breaks again at the start of the second set, and then Strycova saved five more break points.
However, she was able to keep hanging in there, and managed to get to the tie-break, during which she saved a match point, before converting a set point of her own.
But Linette regained control of the match with an early break in the third set, and wrapped up the match with another break.
Bencic v Linette Prediction and Tip
Both were made to dig deep in their second round matches, having notched up routine opening round wins.
Linette has never been beyond this stage at Wimbledon before, whilst Bencic is aiming to reach the fourth round for the second time in her career.
Based on her seeding and superior world ranking, the Swiss will start favourite.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Bencic to win: 7/15
- Moderate Risk Tip: Over 21.5 games in the match: 17/20
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