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Belinda Bencic (23) certainly did not imagine returning to the WTA tour in this way: the eastern Swiss woman loses her first match in Rome against qualifier Danka Kovinic (25, WTA 86) in straight sets 3: 6, 1: 6 .
Seven months after her last serious fight on the tour, Bencic, who was seeded at No. 6, was still a bit rusty. Only half of her first services ended on the field, four times she had to resign from her service.
The Swiss gave too many gifts and did not take advantage of any of her three break opportunities. 25 unforced errors were compared to 11 by Kovinic.
And so it seemed logical that the Montenegrin, who had previously eliminated Germany’s Julia Görges, would push the gas after a balanced start in the final streak and win nine of the last ten matches. The consolation for Bencic: he wasn’t really serious yet. “Rome is a test,” he told BLICK before the tournament began. “I’m not completely rusty, but I don’t have high expectations. Then in Paris it counts. “
I hate social media
The tournament should offer one thing above all for Bencic: match practice. For others, however, bankruptcy is more significant. On Instagram, the Swiss woman receives a nasty tirade of hatred from a user.
There are statements like “Shit, shit” and “Embarrassed, shit.” The hater even asks the 23-year-old to commit suicide. Belinda just comments with a “welcome back to the tour”, and then deletes the post. According to the profile description, the user whose profile is set to private is a 25-year-old German. (eg / pair)
