Belinda Bencic of Switzerland saved multiple set points in a marathon first set to defeat Iga Swiatek of Poland 7-6(2) 6-3 and reach the quarterfinals of the US Open.
The pair’s first career meeting was February’s Adelaide final, where Swiatek produced a dominant serving display to clinch the title. Today in New York, the first set alone lasted more than that final, as Bencic converted her fifth set point, having saved four herself. The seventh-seeded Swiatek came back from 5-3 down to force a tiebreak and then Bencic recovered from a 5-2 deficit in that tiebreak.