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In a high-level phase match, the Riske, known as a good lawn player, has long dominated with her solid service. From the second set, Bencic succeeds but still better to counterattack.
The tie break of the second set: The East Swiss, 21, defended four balls before benefiting from a double error of the American in the second set. The decisive break in the game of decision then succeeded in a long match at 3: 2, having had to postpone two chances of break themselves. This broke Riske's resistance. After 2:24 hours, Bencic took his first match point to victory.
"I do not know how I went around," Bencic said afterwards. At first, Riske played "incredibly well". "I did not want to do anything wrong, it was frustrating, but I just tried to stay tuned." Already five weeks ago in Paris, she had beaten five points against Italy's Deborah Chiesa and had won again. This time, however, the level was much higher.
Bencic showed how much she wanted to win by playing several times with the referee on Little Court 16, who did not have Hawkeye. "I know, they are just doing their job, but I have the impression that the whole world is against me, and in the tie-break, my nerves were at the limit." Anyway, it helped her to keep pushing. However, she has never lost focus.
Next, Bencic will face the Spanish Carla Suarez Navarro, seeded number 27, Saturday. The last time she had survived two rounds at a Grand Slam tournament almost two years ago in New York. After that, she was still hurting him. The Swiss may well be able to calculate the chances of success. The only match lost by Bencic three years ago in Stuttgart. But it was on the sand, the strongest underlay of the 29 year old Spanish. Lawn, on the other hand, is much more the domain of the Wimbledon Junior Champion in 2013.
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