{"id":429648,"date":"2026-02-17T02:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/429648\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T02:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:29:12","slug":"belinda-bencic-vs-sara-bejlek-preview-prediction-2026-dubai-tennis-championships-second-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/429648\/","title":{"rendered":"Belinda Bencic\u00a0vs Sara Bejlek\u00a0Preview &#038; Prediction | 2026 Dubai Tennis Championships |\u00a0Second Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestatszone.com\/betting-tips\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for today\u2019s sports betting tips from our expert analysts!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Belinda Bencic faces Sara Bejlek in the second round at the 2026 Dubai Tennis Championships<\/p>\n<p>Ranking points: WTA 1000<\/p>\n<p>Start date\/time:<\/p>\n<p>Venue:\u00a0Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, UAE<\/p>\n<p>Surface:\u00a0Outdoor hard<\/p>\n<p>How to watch on TV:\u00a0UK \u2013 Sky Sports Tennis \/ USA \u2013 Tennis Channel<\/p>\n<p>How to watch online:\u00a0UK \u2013 Sky Go \/ USA \u2013 Tennis Channel<\/p>\n<p>Tickets:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dubaidutyfreetennischampionships.com\/tickets\/available-tickets\/wta-tickets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visit this link for the latest Belinda Bencic vs Sara Bejlek ticket information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Belinda Bencic vs\u00a0Sara Bejlek prediction<\/p>\n<p>Belinda Bencic glossed over a sluggish start to make a winning return to action post-Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>The Swiss was in sizzling form prior to a shock second round exit in Melbourne but belatedly got her groove on here in a 2-6 6-1 6-2 victory to suggest she\u2019s ready to maintain her strong start to 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, it\u2019s a first meeting with Czech youngster Sara Bejlek.<\/p>\n<p>The wildcard is on an eight-match winning streak having followed up her title run as a qualifier in Abu Dhabi by crushing Zeynep Sonmez 6-2 6-2 here.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old has surged from outside the top 100 to inside the world\u2019s elite 40 now and represents a tricky opponent for Belinda.<\/p>\n<p>The former Olympic champion\u2019s only defeat this year came against another Czech starlet and she\u2019s be highly motivated to avoid a similar fate here.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bejlek is high on confidence so it may not be easy, but Bencic \u2013 who knows she can\u2019t afford another slow start &#8211; should avoid lightning striking twice.<\/p>\n<p>Belinda Bencic\u00a0vs\u00a0Sara Bejlek\u00a0tip:\u00a0Belinda Bencic to win<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Click here for today\u2019s sports betting tips from our expert analysts! Belinda Bencic faces Sara Bejlek in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-429648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}