Bencic challenges the former number 1 Kerber

A big obstacle, but nothing to lose: Belinda Bencic can confidently tackle the second week at Wimbledon . She has already reported impressive among the best.

As clearly as the favorite roles in men are distributed, unpredictably leads the women's tournament. Only one of the first ten seedlings (Karolina Pliskova) has reached the last sixteen years. One of the positive surprises is Belinda Bencic with successes on Caroline Garcia (# 6) and Carla Suarez Navarro (27). The 21-year-old Swiss, from East Switzerland, is recovering from numerous injury problems and found strength with her new coach Vlado Platenik.

In the eighth finals – the fourth Grand Slam – she is still only a stranger. Angelique Kerber, number 11 in the seedling list, is the strongest player remaining in the top half of the table. That Bencic won the three official duels with the Germans without losing a set will give him some confidence, but that does not mean much. The victories have already recovered and in January, the Hopman Cup, which does not appear in the official statistics, has clearly lost the Swiss.

Kerber achieved his breakthrough year in 2016 with victories at the US Open and in Australia. Wimbledon through a drought, but is approaching the level of two years ago. Bencic is therefore not favorite, she will attack Monday (as Roger Federer at 14:00) but without complexes, because she has nothing to lose. The former top-10 player signs the second quarterfinal after the US Open 2014 and returns to the top 35 in the world rankings.

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