No. 9 seed Belinda Bencic crashed out of the tournament in Indian Wells after a surprise three-set loss to compatriot Jill Teichmann.
Belinda Bencic eliminated Jill Teichmann in Indian Wells
The first set belonged to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion, who won 6:3.
Jill Teichmann (WTA 39) made an impressive comeback and took full advantage of a five-service deficit against Bencic (WTA 9) to win the next two sets 6-3, 6-3.
The game lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes.
The Swiss will fight for a place in the 1/8 finals in Indian Wells with the winner of the matches China’s Shuai Zhang (27 WTA) and Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson (103 WTA).
Indian Wells will be held from March 6-19 on hard and 96 players have started in the two main draws. The contest offers $8,800,000 each for men and women. Titled champions – Taylor Fritz and Iga Svyatek.
There must be one winner uD83EuDEC2uD83CuDDE8uD83CuDDED@jilteichmann defeats doubles partner and No. 9 seed Bencic to reach Indian Wells third round for first time!#tennis paradise pic.twitter.com/P9UT7PBN0H
— wta (@WTA) March 10, 2023
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