Belinda Bencic Emotional After defeating Ekaterina Alexandrova to make Wimbledon the last eight
Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, reached Wimbledon’s first quarter-finals in nine attempts on Monday, rejecting the 18th with the age of Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-6 (4), 6-4 in just two hours in a Breezy court.
The Olympic champion of Tokyo 2020, 28, shed tears after she finally broke the fourth round obstacle 15 months after giving birth to her daughter Bella and said she felt very proud of herself.
But she needed six game points down the 30-year-old Alexandrovawho only beat last month BencicCCCC With the loss of only three matches on the Den Bosch Grasscourt tournament in the Netherlands.
Bencic, who was knocked on the fourth round here three times ago, said she turned the wave by being bolder.
“I think I tried to be bolder. I had more matches under my belt and came out better than the last time I played,” she said.
“I always stuck in the fourth round. It was so important to me to violate in the quarter -finals,” she added.
Alexandrova, who has also never passed the fourth round throughout the England club, exploded hot and cold in the first set, throwing two service games before turning on aggression, improving its second service and fighting again to force a tiebreak.
But Bencic, calm and as a business, won four points in Tiebreak and sealed the set after an hour and a minute when Alexandrova sent a long time.
Bencic broke Alexandrova’s service in the eighth match of the second set, but was unable to capitalize when serving the match in an eight-mammoth game that lasted about 15 minutes and during which Russian saved five points.
But Bencic returned to Rus’s service with a predetermined winner for a sixth point of the match, converting it when Alexandrova put on a long time.
Swiss, ranked 35 but a former fourth number in the world, was one of the nine mothers in a draw, but the only one who reached the fourth round. She was born in April last year and was again playing competitively within six months even reaching the fourth round of Australian Open in January 2025.
“I’m really proud of myself and the whole team. We did an amazing job turning back,” she said.
“Amazing is amazing to share the memories together as a family. I am enjoying it more. I do it like any mother.”
Check out all the statistics of the match with the flashscore.