{"id":806930,"date":"2026-08-08T15:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/806930\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:08:13","slug":"bencic-advances-to-the-round-of-16-after-a-tough-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/806930\/","title":{"rendered":"Bencic Advances to the Round of 16 After a Tough Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WTA Toronto<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Belinda Bencic has advanced to the round of 16 at the Toronto Masters.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/298d300f-f064-4155-b774-f74f2aec336a.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-dark-gray text-small mt-2\">Belinda Bencic has advanced to the round of 16 at the Toronto Masters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-gray text-smaller mt-1 [.ticker-entry_&amp;]:border-b [.ticker-entry_&amp;]:border-aluminum [.ticker-entry_&amp;]:pb-1\">Keystone<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-stacked-spacing a-paragraph a-paragraph--lead text-h4 leading-26 md:leading-28 text-navy p-4 pb-8 md:px-0 md:pt-8\" data-t-name=\"Paragraph\">Belinda Bencic has advanced to the round of 16 at the WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto. The Swiss player defeated American Taylor Townsend 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Keystone-SDA\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"h-full w-full rounded-full object-cover\" style=\"color:transparent\"  src=\"https:\/\/bluewin-prod-sc-images.imgix.net\/2026\/04\/07\/8f8bf2bc-2db8-4d30-a567-72697f869653.heif?w=96&amp;auto=format&amp;s=07db0ac73ee5d1f68cd7a05910f2bdf5\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"author-names text-navy text-small\">Keystone-SDA<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"mr-1 h-3 w-3\" style=\"color:transparent\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.bluewin.ch\/_next\/static\/media\/021-clock.24ldz2iukf4_m.svg?w=32\"\/>Today at 07:09\u2022<img alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"mr-1 h-3 w-3\" style=\"color:transparent\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.bluewin.ch\/_next\/static\/media\/085-synchronise.2282m66wb_dy4.svg?w=32\"\/>Today at 11:13<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph text-standard wrap-break-word text-dark-gray font-thesans w-full\">Bencic (WTA No. 14), who won the tournament in the Canadian metropolis eleven years ago, had to weather a tense moment in the second set. With the score tied at 5\u20135, she was down 15\u201340 on her own serve, but fended off both break points and went on to dominate the tiebreak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph text-standard wrap-break-word text-dark-gray font-thesans w-full\">The player from eastern Switzerland also had to fight hard in the third set. After taking a 4-2 lead, Townsend (WTA 110) fought back to tie the score at 4-4. However, Bencic immediately secured the decisive break and converted her first match point on her own serve to defeat her former junior rival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph text-standard wrap-break-word text-dark-gray font-thesans w-full\">In the round of 16, the 29-year-old will face Alexandra Eala (WTA No. 20), who is eight years her junior and won the title last Monday at the WTA 500 tournament in Washington. It will be the first time the two have faced each other. The left-hander from the Philippines has won seven consecutive matches on the tour, but suffered an injury to her right ankle during her third-round match on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WTA Toronto Belinda Bencic has advanced to the round of 16 at the Toronto Masters. 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