On the 22nd.In February 2016, Belinda Bencic was ranked seventh in the WTA ranking, and experts believed that the then 18-year-old Swiss woman could conquer the tennis throne.It’s only a matter of time!
Barbara Schett, tournament ambassador at the WTA tournament “Upper Austria Ladies Linz”, said:”Ben?i? reminds me a lot of Martina Hingis.She plays instinctive, intelligent tennis.She doesn’t shoot anyone off the field, but she has an answer to every blow.”
Belinda Bencic’s high-flying flight was stopped by various injuries:”For nine months I played half injured, but then the operation was necessary.In May 2017 I was operated on the wrist.The first few weeks after the surgery were bad, I was devastated.
But there were also good moments at home with my family.I appreciate it all the more that I can now play tennis again,”Belinda Bencic told us at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, where she received a wildcard from Tournament Director Sandra Reichel and won the first-round match on Monday evening against Kirsten Flipkens from Belgium in three sets with 4:6,6:2,7:6 (9/7).
“It was very emotional, and I was very nervous before the game.After the match point, I was very relieved and I realized how much I missed those moments,”said Bencic.She could not say how much of her former performance capacity she had already achieved.
“The ranking doesn’t lie.I was number seven, I’m now 235, and I accept it.I’m not putting pressure on myself.I did a lot of fitness training when I was injured, but the fitness and tension can’t be trained.I have to get used to playing tight points again, like today in the match against Flipkens.My motto is now:”Fight back step by step”, where she has been before.