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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Belinda Bencic is making a tricky game look easy at the moment, redirecting her big-swinging opponents’ best shots into the corners, conjuring defensive lobs and flicking reflex returns from inside the baseline.
“I’m trying not to think who is on the other side of the court,” she said.
But there is no ignoring the quality of her recent tennis victims. From Dubai to Indian Wells, Bencic has been taking on the best in the women’s game and emerging again and again with a broad smile on her face.
On Thursday, she ran her winning streak to 12 matches by defeating her sixth top-10 opponent in less than a month.